Estimate the size of a crowd standing along a 1 mile section of a parade route that is 10 feet deep on both sides of the street. Assume that each person occupies 2. 5 square feet.

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The size of the crowd is 21,120 standing along a 1 mile section of a parade route that is 10 feet deep on both sides of the street.

How much 1 mile into feet?

A mile is a unit of distance equal to 5,280 feet or exactly 1.609344 kilometers.

Given

The size of a crowd standing along 1 mile section of parade route that is 10 feet deep on both sides of the street assume that each person occupies 2.5 square feet.

1 miles is equal to 5280 feet thus,

[tex]\rm= 5280 \times 10\\\\= 52800[/tex]

Divide this by the amount of space a person takes up

[tex]= \dfrac{52800 }{ 2.5}\\\\ = 21120[/tex]

Hence, the size of the crowd is 21,120 standing along a 1 mile section of a parade route that is 10 feet deep on both sides of the street.

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