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The flow-density relationship for traffic is , where km/h (free-flow speed) and vehicles/km (jam density). A traffic jam has density vehicles/km, while upstream traffic has density vehicles/km. What is the propagation speed of the shock wave at the boundary between these two states?
The flow-density relationship for traffic is , where km/h (free-flow speed) and vehicles/km (jam density). A traffic jam has density vehicles/km, while upstream traffic has density vehicles/km. What is the propagation speed of the shock wave at the boundary between these two states?