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Consortium for Mathematics and its Applications

Product ID: Everybody's Problems
Supplementary Print
High School

The Traffic Flow Problem

Author: Daniel Teague, Floyd Bullard



Everyone has at some time been on a multi-lane highway and encountered road construction that required the traffic to occupy only one lane each way. Naturally, the Department of Transportation would like to maximize the flow of traffic through this stretch of the highway. What speed limit should be set for such a stretch of road to ensure the greatest traffic flow while also maintaining safety?

©2003 by COMAP, Inc.
Consortium 84
7 pages

Mathematics Topics:

Algebra , Precalculus & Trigonometry , Calculus

Application Areas:

Transportation & Travel , Traffic Flow

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