Question

You are standing amongst a crowd that is 10 feet deep and 2.5 miles long at a parade. You want to estimate how many people are there. If each person occupies 2.5 square feet, estimate the size of the crowd watching the parade along a 2.5 mile street.

Answer 1

To estimate the crowd size at a parade, convert the parade's length to feet, calculate the crowd's total area, and divide by the space each person occupies.

Step-by-step explanation:

To estimate the size of the crowd watching the parade along a 2.5 mile street, we start by converting the length of the parade from miles to feet, knowing that 1 mile equals 5280 feet. Therefore, 2.5 miles is 2.5 × 5280 feet.

Next, we calculate the total area that the crowd occupies. Since the crowd is 10 feet deep and the length is 2.5 miles (converted to feet), the area in square feet is the depth multiplied by the length.

Given that each person occupies 2.5 square feet, we can divide the total area by 2.5 square feet to find the estimated in the crowd. The final estimation is arrived at by executing these calculations step by step.