Traffic And Highway Engineering
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ISBN: 9781133605157
Author: Garber, Nicholas J., Hoel, Lester A.
Publisher: Cengage Learning,
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The v-t graph shown.
Find the distance traveled for the time 0 to (1500+N) sec interval.
Note: N is the student number in the list which I attached
for example, If student with N=5 so the time (1500+5) =1505 Sec
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A bus route having seven schedule stops has the following number of passengers alighting
and boarding the bus:
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Boarding
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0
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3
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5
7
4
6
3
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8
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6
7
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