SOLUTION: if each person occupied a 2ft x 2ft area, around how many people could you fit inside a triangular (equilateral) concert area with a perimeter if 900 ft and with the triangular hei

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Question 1151466: if each person occupied a 2ft x 2ft area, around how many people could you fit inside a triangular (equilateral) concert area with a perimeter if 900 ft and with the triangular height equal to 260 ft?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) About Me  (Show Source):
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Two right triangles together, each with legs 300 and 150; the height leg would be 259.8, so close enough to the given 260.

Area of region:
%281%2F2%29300%2A260=39000

If 2 x 2 for each person, then an estimation how many people,
39000%2F4=highlight%289750%29