A football field is 360 feet long and 160 feet wide The principal is making an evacuation plan for the school. How many students can the principal expect to fit on the football field in an ernergency ? {Remember the expected floor space a standing person occupies about 2.5 feet) Your answer 23,040 students students 22, 890students 26, 800students

The number of students can the principal expect to fit on the football field in an emergency will be 23,040. Then the correct option is A.

What is the area of the rectangle?

Let L be the length and W be the width of the rectangle.

Then the area of the rectangle will be

Area of the rectangle = L × W square units

A football field is 360 feet long and 160 feet wide.

The principal is making an evacuation plan for the school.

Then the area of the rectangle will be

A = 360 x 160

A = 57,600 square feet

Remember the expected floor space a standing person occupies is about 2.5 square feet.

The number of students can the principal expect to fit on the football field in an emergency will be

⇒ 57,600 / 2.5

⇒ 23,040

The number of students can the principal expect to fit on the football field in an emergency will be 23,040.

Then the correct option is A.

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