What am i supposed to do? : (

if each person takes up 2.25 square feet of space, how many people can fit into an area that is 17 feet by 20 feet? round to the nearest person.

a. 151

b. 170

c. 16

d. 340

show your work for here:

First, the area of the space.
A=LW
A= 17 x 20
A= 340 ft squared

Now, we know that each person takes up 2.25 ft squared. So we divide as such:

340/2.25
=151.11111
Rounded to nearest person:
151 is your answer.

I hope this Helps!

   

you solve this equation  by taking the logarithm (can be base-10, base-e, whatever) of both sides so that we can use the logarithm law  to move the x down from the exponent. then we want to move all the x terms together so that we can factor out x from an entire side. then we divide both sides by what's attached to the x to fully isolate x.

   

that is the exact answer. a decimal approximation:

    x ≈  0.44211