How Many People Can Stand Inside the Pentagon?

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The Pentagon, recognized as the largest office building in the world, can accommodate millions of people standing. The area required for an individual is estimated to be between 1 to 2 square feet. Through logical reasoning and estimation, participants in the discussion concluded that the capacity of the Pentagon is in the millions, rather than thousands. This conclusion emphasizes the importance of understanding spatial dimensions when estimating occupancy in large structures.

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How many people could fit into the largest office building in the world? Assume that everybody must be standing on the floor. :rolleyes:

Very Cool Question but its kinda hard. I've looked up the largest office building which is the Pentagon! however i don't know the area of that place :S and the area of a person is about 1 ft^2 or 2 ft^2
this question is due in an hour ! urgent help

Thank you
 
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There's nothing too hard about it except finding the obscure statistic, which you can do on your own with the help of google. If you are still confused then, we can help you out.
 
you know what I've tried all those :P but the last thing i tried to do is think of it logically, how many people can possible be in a building. hundreds, thousands, millions, or billions! and out of those i chose thousands which was wrong, then Millions ! which is CORRECT!
so i guess approximating how many guys can stand up in the pentagon ... will be in the MILLIONS ! ;) :P

Thank you very much
 

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