Question: A section of highway is known to have a free-flow speed of 55 mph and a capacity of 3300 veh/hr. In a given hour, 2100 vehicles were counted at a specified point along this highway section under uncongested conditions. If the linear speed- density relationship applies, what would you estimate the space-mean speed of these 2100 vehicles to be? Show all the calculation steps.

Question: A section of highway is known to have a free-flow speed of 55 mph and a capacity of 3300 veh/hr. In a given hour, 2100 vehicles were counted at a specified point along this highway section under uncongested conditions. If the linear speed- density relationship applies, what would you estimate the space-mean speed of these 2100 vehicles to be? Show all the calculation steps.

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