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  • 23-01-2022
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3 People fit comfortably in a 6 feet by 8 feet area. Use this value to estimate the size of a
crowd that can fit in 70 square feet of space.

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clarch19
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  • 23-01-2022

Answer:

4 people

Step-by-step explanation:

you can set up a proportion based on number of people to the area of the space

area of a 6 by 8 feet space = 48

so 3 is to 48 as 'n' is to 70

3/48 = n/70

1/16 = n/70

16n = 70

n = 70/16 or 4, rounded to a whole number

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