When the legal speed limit for the New York Thruway was increased from 55 mi/h to 65 mi/h, how much time was saved by a motorist who drove the 700 km between the Buffalo entrance and the New York City exit at the legal speed limit?

When the legal speed limit for the New York Thruway was increased from 55 mi/h to 65 mi/h, how much time was saved by a motorist who drove the 700 km between the Buffalo entrance and the New York City exit at the legal speed limit?

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Problem 1AYK: Do highway speed limit signs refer to average speeds or to instantaneous speeds? Explain.

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When the legal speed limit for the New York Thruway
was increased from 55 mi/h to 65 mi/h, how much time was saved
by a motorist who drove the 700 km between the Buffalo entrance
and the New York City exit at the legal speed limit?

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