Estimate the size of a crowd standing along a 1 /4 mile section of a parade route that is 5 feet deep on both sides of the street. Assume that 10 people occupy a square measuring 5 feet by 5 feet.

Answer 1

20 people occupy every five feet along the route.

There are approximately 1000 five foot section in a mile (5280/5)

There are 20,000 people along 1 mile of route.