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A parking lot for a department store has 23 rows of spaces. Each row can hold 36 cars. What is the maximum number of cars that can be parked in the lot? Now suppose the lot is full. Estimate the number of people in the store assuming that there are two people in the store for each car in the lot.

Name: Problem 46, Chapter 1: Prealgebra
Uploaded: 2020-05-11T17:25:37-08:00
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Channel: Karly Williams
Description: A parking lot for a department store has 23 rows of spaces. Each row can hold 36 cars. What is the maximum number of cars that can be parked in the lot? Now suppose the lot is full. Estimate the number of people in the store assuming that there are two people in the store for each car in the lot.

   A parking lot for a department store has 23 rows of spaces. Each row can hold 36 cars. What is the maximum number of cars that can be parked in the lot? Now suppose the lot is full. Estimate the number of people in the store assuming that there are two people in the store for each car in the lot.

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Tom Carson 4th Edition

Chapter 1, Problem 46

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05/11/2020

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We know that there are 23 rows and each row can hold 36 cars. So, we multiply these two numbers together to get the total number of cars. This can be represented mathematically as: \[23 \times 36 = 828\] Show more…

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A parking lot for a department store has 23 rows of spaces. Each row can hold 36 cars. What is the maximum number of cars that can be parked in the lot? Now suppose the lot is full. Estimate the number of people in the store assuming that there are two people in the store for each car in the lot.

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Multiplicative Counting Principle

This concept involves calculating the total number of items by multiplying the number of groups by the number of items in each group. In the context of the problem, the parking lot's total capacity is determined by multiplying the number of rows by the number of cars per row, which is a classic application of multiplication in counting scenarios.

Conversion Factors and Estimation

This concept involves using a known ratio to convert one quantity to another. Here, the assumption that there are two people per parked car is a conversion factor that allows for estimating the total number of people in the store. This technique is commonly used in estimation problems, where one quantity is scaled by a factor to approximate another related quantity.

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