Physics (5th Edition)
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Author: James S. Walker
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Chapter 1, Problem 57GP
Driving along a crowded freeway, you notice that it takes a tine t to go from one mile marker to the next. When you increase your speed by 7.9 mi/h, the time to go one mile decreases by 13 s. What was your original speed?
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