Street Crossing Consider a child waiting at a street

Chapter 4, Problem 68A

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Problem 68A

Street Crossing Consider a child waiting at a street corner for a gap in traffic that is large enough so that he can safely cross the street. A mathematical model for traffic shows that if the expected waiting time for the child is to be at most 1 minute, then the maximum traffic flow, in cars per hour, is given by

where x is the width of the street in feet. Find the maximum traffic flow and the rate of change of the maximum traffic flow with respect to street width for the following values of the street width. Source: An Introduction to Mathematical Modeling.

a. 30 ft

b. 40 ft