Two sets of students are collecting data at two sections XX and YY of a highway 430m apart. Observations at XX show that five vehicles passed that section at interval 3,4,3,5s respectively. If speed of vihecles were 50,45,40,35,35 kph respectively draw schematic showing locations of vehicles 20s after the first vehicle passed section XX and determine a)time mean speed b)space mean speed c)density of the highway

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Two sets of students are collecting data at two sections XX and YY of a highway 430m apart. Observations at XX show that five vehicles passed that section at interval 3,4,3,5s respectively. If speed of vihecles were 50,45,40,35,35 kph respectively draw schematic showing locations of vehicles 20s after the first vehicle passed section XX and determine a)time mean speed b)space mean speed c)density of the highway

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