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prealgebra intermediate

Problem

In the next three days, 2000 people will move to Florida. How many people, on average, will move to Florida each hour? Express your answer to the nearest whole number.
Solution
There are hours in three days. Two thousand people moving in 72 hours gives an average rate of people per hour, which to the nearest person is people per hour.
Final answer
28