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Considering the cumulative arrivals and departures of a freeway bottleneck location below, what is the capacity of the bottleneck location
Considering the cumulative arrivals and departures of a freeway bottleneck location below, what is the maximum size of queue that forms?
Considering the cumulative arrivals and departures of a freeway bottleneck location below, what is the longest wait time that any vehicle experiences?
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