Question: Traffic on a three - lane ( in each direction ) freeway observes the following Greenshields flow relationship: V = 6 0 D ( 1

Traffic on a three-lane (in each direction) freeway observes the following Greenshields flow relationship:
V=60D(1-D360)
where V is the traffic volume on vehicle per hour, and D is the traffic density in vehicles per mile. At 10:00 am, an accident occurs at point A(in the following
Figure). The vehicles involved immediately pull off onto the shoulder of the roadway, but traffic passing the incident slows to 10 mph as drivers survey the
damage on the side of the road (sometimes called "spectator slowing"). Lucy enters the freeway via the ramp at point B, also at 10:00 am. Upon entering the
freeway, she notes that traffic on the freeway is moving along at about 40 mph .
A. How fast (i.e., at what speed) will back up from the "spectator slowing" progress upstream of the accident site?
answer as a positive numerical number only in units of miles per hour and rounded to the nearest whole number, i.e. XX.)
B. When (i.e., at what time) will Lucy first hit slowing traffic due to the accident?
Traffic on a three - lane ( in each direction )

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