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2. By my estimation

Reply to struggle4progress (Original post)

Sat Oct 18, 2025, 06:14 PM

Saturday

That would come out to about 250,000 people.

My math:

Given (approximately):
2 miles of people
40 people in a row (row estimate)*
20 inches of people per row (tr)

2m * 5280 ft = 10,560 ft * 12 in = 126720 in
= 126720 in / 20 in = 6336 r (tr)
= 6,336 * 40 = 253,440 people

*I counted approximately 40 in the first complete row. Also, I was conservative on the depth of people.

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