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 459 km between his entrance and the New York City exit at the legal speed limit?

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A: The total distance to be covered is - D = 69.7 km , You decided to drive at 100 km /hr . Let's…

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A: First, we are converting time in minutes for easy calculation

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A: Given first velocity v1= 55 mi/h for time t1 = 1.6 hour another velocity v2= 20 mi/h for time t2 =…