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recently the number of visitors to Machu Picchu is limited to 2500 visitors daily the area of Machu Picchu is about 13 km squared to calculate Machu Picchu current daily visitor density daily visitors per square mile use dimensional analysis to show your work round to the nearest hundred people per square mile

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recently the number of visitors to Machu Picchu is limited to 2500 visitors daily

the area of Machu Picchu is about 13 km squared

to calculate Machu Picchu current daily visitor density daily visitors per square mile use dimensional analysis

to show your work round to the nearest hundred people per square mile​

Density of visitors per squared kilometer = 2500/13

13 km² = 5.01933 squared miles

Density of visitors per squared mile = 2500/5.01933 = 498.07 ≈ 500 rounded to the nearest hundred

Answer:

500 peple per square mile

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