The capacity of a freeway lane with free-flow speed of 70mph and jam density average vehicle spacing 40ft assuming greenshields’s model applies. Please explain step by step and show formula

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The capacity of a freeway lane with free-flow speed of 70mph and jam density average vehicle spacing 40ft assuming greenshields’s model applies. Please explain step by step and show formula

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