Question

The Ole Miss Walk of Champions takes place before each home game. Last year before the Alabama game, the crowd was a mile long and about 25 feet deep on both sides of the street. If we determined that 20 people could fit tightly in a 5.4 * 5 square, how many people were at the Walk of Champions?

A. 4000
B. 2000
C. 1000
D. 5000

Answer 1

The calculation of people at the Ole Miss Walk of Champions involves using the area of a square mile and the space occupied by 20 people to find the total possible number of people. After calculating for one side of the street and considering crowd depth, the number is doubled for both sides, but the result is unrealistically high. A more realistic approach or correct space per person estimation is needed to choose the right answer from the provided options.

Step-by-step explanation:

The question asks us to calculate the number of people present at the Ole Miss Walk of Champions event. First, we find out how many people can fit in a square mile by dividing the area of a square mile by the area occupied by 20 people. A square mile is 27,878,400 square feet, and a 5.4 * 5 square feet area holds 20 people, which is 27 square feet per 20 people.

Therefore, we calculate the number of 27 square feet sections in a square mile: 27,878,400 / 27 ≈ 1,032,900 sections. Since each section holds 20 people, we multiply the number of sections by 20 to get the total number of people for one side of the street. So, 1,032,900 sections * 20 people/section = 20,658,000 people.

Next, we consider the crowd's depth of 25 feet on both sides of the street. If the crowd was a mile long, on one side, the depth allows for 25/5.4 ≈ 4.63 or roughly 4 sections of depth. Multiplying the number of sections per mile by the depth gives us approximately 4 * 1,032,900 = 4,131,600 people for one side.

Since there are crowds on both sides of the street, we double that number to include the other side. 4,131,600 * 2 = 8,263,200 people. However, this final number seems unreasonably high for such an event, which suggests there might have been a misunderstanding or misinterpretation in the setup or the calculation steps. The actual answer is likely much lower and one of the provided options, A. 4000, B. 2000, C. 1000, or D. 5000, should be chosen based on a more realistic estimation of the space per person and the common sense understanding of crowd sizes.