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Problem #: 3 | Variant #: 2

The driver of a car traveling at 29.7 mph above the speed limit spots an accident after coming around a corner, hits the brakes, but still hits at 62.06 mph. Had the car not been speeding, under the same braking conditions it would have stopped just before hitting. What is the speed limit?

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