At the Augusta City Marathon, the rules state that for every 60 runners, there must be 4 paramedics on site for runner safety. If 420 runners sign up, how many paramedics will the race planners need to secure?

Question

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24 or 240 or 28 or 280

Answer 1

The given rule states that for every 60 runners, there must be 4 paramedics on site. To find out how many paramedics will be needed for 420 runners, we can use a proportion.

Let's set up the proportion:
(60 runners) / (4 paramedics) = (420 runners) / (x paramedics)

Cross-multiplying, we have:
60 * x = 4 * 420
60x = 1680
x = 1680 / 60 = 28

Therefore, the race planners will need to secure 28 paramedics for the Augusta City Marathon. Therefore, the correct answer is 28.