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Professional Reporting of Speed Reconstruction from Skid Marks

Imagine you are working as a junior insurance adjuster. You are reviewing a file where a vehicle left skid marks measuring exactly 190 feet. Using the provided forensic formula s=24ds = \sqrt{24d} (where ss is speed in miles per hour and dd is the distance of the skid marks in feet), write a brief technical summary describing the step-by-step mathematical procedure used to determine the vehicle's speed. In your summary, clearly describe the substitution of the measured distance, the calculation performed inside the radical, how you handle the resulting irrational number, and the final rounding to the nearest tenth.

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