Question

12 People fit comfortably in a 5 feet by 11 feet area. Use this value to estimate the size of a crowd that

is 10 feet deep on both sides of the street along a 3-mile section of a parade route.

Answer 1

12 people fitting in an area of 5*5 = 25 ft². Area of the street: 3 miles = 3*5280 ft = 15840 ft 25 feet on both sides. So, the total area in which the crowd is sparsed is: A = 15840*25*2= 792000 ft². Now we apply the ratio: People over area. Applying cross multiplication: 25x = 12*792000 x = (12*792000)/25 x = 380160

Explanation:

Answer 2

Explanation:

Assuming that there are no sidewalks or other obstructions, the estimated size of the crowd along a 3-mile section of the parade route would be approximately 3,780,400 people. This calculation is based on the assumption that people will be standing shoulder to shoulder and that each person will take up an area of 5 feet by 11 feet. This would mean that for each mile of the parade route, there would be 1,260,800 people standing (12 people x 10 feet x 5280 feet). Multiplying this by 3 gives us 3,780,400 people.