Estimate the size of a crowd at a political rally that occupies a rectangular space with dimensions of 500 feet by 600 feet (to the nearest whole number). Assume that each person occupies 4. 5 square feet.

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The size of a crowd at a political rally which occupies a rectangular space with dimensions of 500 feet by 600 feet is 66667 persons.

What is the area of a rectangle?

Area of a rectangle is the product of the length of the rectangle and the width of the rectangle. It can be given as,

[tex]A=a\times b[/tex]

Here, (a)is the length of the rectangle and (b) is the width of the rectangle

The size of a crowd at a political rally that occupies a rectangular space with dimensions of 500 feet by 600 feet has to estimated.

First find out the area of this rectangular space using the above formula.

[tex]A=500\times600\\A=300000\rm\; ft^2[/tex]

As each person occupies 4.5 square feet. Thus, the number of person feet in, 300000 square ft are,

[tex]n=\dfrac{300000}{4.5}\\n\approx66667[/tex]

Thus, the size of a crowd at a political rally which occupies a rectangular space with dimensions of 500 feet by 600 feet is 66667 persons.

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