Restate the following fact as indicated.
Approximately 101.4 million passengers passed through a certain airport in 2019. Because of the coronavirus​ pandemic, only 48.2 million passengers passed through the same airport in 2020. Express these quantities in passengers per hour.
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Part 1
There were 
  
11,575 passengers per hour passing through the airport in 2019.
​(Round to the nearest whole number as​ needed.)
Part 2
There were 
  
enter your response here passengers per hour passing through the airport in 2020.
​(Round to the nearest whole number as​ needed.)

To express the number of passengers per hour, we'll convert the total number of passengers per year into an hourly rate. Since there are 365 days in a year and 24 hours in a day, we have:

\[
\text{Total hours per year} = 365 \times 24 = 8760 \, \text{hours/year}
\]

### Part 1: 2019 Calculation

We are given that 101.4 million passengers passed through the airport in 2019. To convert this to passengers per hour:

\[
\text{Passengers per hour in 2019} = \frac{101,400,000}{8760} = 11,575 \, \text{passengers/hour}
\]

This matches the provided value.

### Part 2: 2020 Calculation

For 2020, the total number of passengers was 48.2 million. Now, let's calculate the passengers per hour in 2020:

\[
\text{Passengers per hour in 2020} = \frac{48,200,000}{8760}
\]

Let's calculate the exact value:

\[
\frac{48,200,000}{8760} \approx 5502.28
\]

Rounding to the nearest whole number:

\[
\boxed{5502} \, \text{passengers/hour in 2020}
\]

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Here are 5 related questions to explore further:
1. What was the percentage decrease in passengers per hour from 2019 to 2020?
2. How many passengers passed through the airport per day in 2019 and 2020?
3. If the airport resumed normal passenger flow in 2021, how many passengers would you expect per hour?
4. What was the difference in total passengers between 2019 and 2020?
5. How does the number of passengers per minute compare for the two years?

**Tip:** When dealing with large numbers over a time period, always ensure that the total time (hours, days, years) is consistent across all calculations.

Approximately 101.4 million passengers passed through a certain airport in 2019. Because of the coronavirus pandemic, only 48.2 million passengers passed through the same airport in 2020. Express these quantities in passengers per hour. Part 1: There were 11,575 passengers per hour passing through the airport in 2019. Part 2: There were enter your response here passengers per hour passing through the airport in 2020.

Learn how to calculate the number of passengers per hour based on annual passenger traffic in 2019 and 2020. This problem covers unit conversion, basic division, and rounding concepts, ideal for students in Grades 5-7. Example: 11,575 passengers per hour in 2019 and 5,502 passengers per hour in 2020.

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