Question

By United States cultural standards, it has been determined that 6 people live comfortably in 1500 square feet of living space. Based on this standard, how many people could be comfortably accommodated with 27,000 square feet of living space? Enter the number only.

Answer 1

I'm unsure about this answer, but I got 108 people. I just did a simple proportion of 6/1500 = x/27000 and solved for x.

Answer 2

108 people

Explanation:

We can write a proportion to solve this problem. Take the number of people over the living space

6 people x people

------------ = ------------------

1500 ft^2 27000 ft^2

Using cross products

6 * 27000 = 1500 x

Divide each side by 1500

6 * 27000/1500 = 1500x/1500

108 = x

108 people can be reasonably accommodated