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    hands will never go down! We have used advanced technology to make you feel as if you were a real-life baseball. Our ride has an average speed of 65 m/s (meters per second). The length of the track is 2730 meters.The time of the ride is 42 seconds, which will be the best 42 seconds of your life! The ride is ranked 1st among all types of roller coaster for speed and length of track. We have tracks that reduce the amount of friction that slows the cart down. Our carts resemble baseballs, except…

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    As the height of the ramp increased, the speed, velocity, and acceleration also increased. In Run 1, the height of the ramp was highest at 5 textbooks. Evidence: The speed and velocity of the car in this lab are essentially the same because the total distance traveled is equal to the total displacement of the car. In Run 5, the ramp had the lowest height of one textbook. Using the slope of the position versus time graph, the speed of the car from Run 5 to Run 1 was calculated to 0.439 m/s, 0.745…

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    Raising the Speed Limit Some say “speed kills” but is speed really the killer? The killer is the person who is behind the wheel. Much less just because careless drivers are the cause of deaths in motor vehicles, that does not mean society should lower the speed down to an unreasonable point. In Fact we should increase the speed and let the careless drivers deal with the problems they cause and not penalize the rest. Even though driving 55 miles per hour is more fuel efficient,the speed limit…

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    The maximum speed for vehicles travelling on Australian highways is currently 110km/h. It is argued that this speed is too slow for a highway and may cause more road accidents and increase the road toll due to the drivers being restricted by the speed limit. When the speed limit is slow, drivers are left dangerously stuck behind and in-between trucks. The drivers are also too frustrated about not going above the low speed limit which can act as a distraction. (Tucker, 2015) Therefore, the…

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    Speed Reading Skills

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    Speed reading is traditionally looked upon highly and is seen as a great skill in the academic and professional community. There is a relationship between reading speed and retention when one holds the assumption that reading faster is better (McLaughlin, 1969; Smith, 1975). The capability of reading faster is possible but the quality of retaining the information read is variable (McLaughlin, 1969). The average person reads 200-250 words per minute (WPM) for upper intermediate grades and…

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    the correct amount of time to get to your destination without having to speed. Speeding is not, and never will be, the answer to getting places on time. If you have to speed to get to where you’re going, maybe you should change your plans for another day. I think people would better understand you being late rather than having somebody’s life being taken because you were in such a hurry to get somewhere that you chose to speed. I think about this everyday now, how I could have been that person…

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    Distracted Driving Cause

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    Speeding occurs when the driver ignores the speed limit, and accelerates fast at dangerous speeds. Going past the speed limit is a crime and you can get a ticket. The consequence of speeding is that, when speeding, the faster you are going, the more time your automobile will require to do a complete full stop in case of an emergency. Driving at high speeds will most likely, cause you to crash because, the cars brake pads won’t respond quickly enough…

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    limited to only about half a day before they must stop. Some might say that going only forty-five miles an hour would make these trucks terrible when it comes to delivery time, I would disagree. With only eleven hour days, a human driver would need to speed at roughly ninety miles per hour to arrive at the same time as a self-driving truck would going forty-five for twenty-four hours. This does not include, of course, meals eaten, gas stops, and other breaks taken during the day that are…

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    Hiroshi Sugimoto Analysis

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    screen releases light that lights up the architecture around the theater. This architecture can be referenced back to the Baroque where many people went to listen to orchestras; music from Mozart for example. The balconies on both sides contain statues of what looks to be a round figure, maybe something like a garden pot. The balconies are darker than any other part of the theater, which makes it more eye catching in my opinion. The curtains by the screen are only visible due to the light…

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    Speed Limit Analysis

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    going 55, the speed limit. “Yes, that's what I clocked you at. But that’s not the speed limit.” That’s when Monroe was informed that all the speed limits in Holland have been reduced to a maximum of 40 mph. Lucky for Monroe, the officer left him with a warning, and he was still able to get to school on time. This has been the story for many drivers across the Holland area. Unsuspecting drivers have taken to the roads without knowledge of the speed limit change only to see flashing lights in…

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