Question

The city of Atlanta plans to hold a parade after the Atlanta Falcons win the Super Bowl. They intend to allow fans to watch from the sidewalk on BOTH sides of Peachtree Street. The parade will be 2.5 miles long and the sidewalks are 8 feet deep. If the average person takes up 2.2 square feet of space, what is the estimate for the number of people who can attend the parade?Immersive Reader

(1 Point)
48,000 people
96,000 people
44,000 people
88,000 people
None of above

Answer 1

96,000 people

Explanation:

convert the length from miles to feet.

2.5 miles = 13,200 feet

Area = 13,200× 8

Area = 105,600 square feet

but the fans will be on both sides of the sidewalk,hence,

the area will be twice.

105,600 square feet ×2= 211,200 square feet.

1 fan = 2.2 square feet

x = 211,200 square feet

therefore number of fans will be = 96,000 people.