Introductory Chemistry: A Foundation
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Chapter 1, Problem 12ALQ
As part of a science project, you study traffic patterns in your city at an intersection in the middle of downtown. You set up a device that counts the cars passing through this intersection for a 24-hour period during a weekday. The graph of hourly traffic looks like this.
- At what lime(s) does the highest number of cars pass through the intersection?
- At what time(s) does the lowest number of cars pass through the intersection?
- Briefly describe the trend in numbers of cars over the course of the day.
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