Restate the following fact as indicated.
Approximately 107.3 million passengers passed through a certain airport in 2019. Because of the coronavirus​ pandemic, only 49.9 million passengers passed through the same airport in 2020. Express these quantities in passengers per hour.
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There were 
  
enter your response here passengers per hour passing through the airport in 2019.
​(Round to the nearest whole number as​ needed.)

To express the number of passengers per hour, we need to divide the total number of passengers by the number of hours in a year.

There are:
- 365 days in a year (we will assume no leap year),
- 24 hours in a day, 
which means there are \( 365 \times 24 = 8760 \) hours in a year.

Now, for 2019:
\[
\frac{107.3 \, \text{million passengers}}{8760 \, \text{hours}} = \frac{107,300,000}{8760} \approx 12,248 \, \text{passengers per hour}.
\]

Thus, approximately **12,248 passengers per hour** passed through the airport in 2019.

If you need more details or have any questions, feel free to ask! Here are 5 related questions you might explore:

1. How would the number of passengers per minute compare to the number per hour?
2. What would the hourly rate be for a leap year?
3. How does the rate in 2020 compare to 2019?
4. What is the percentage decrease in hourly traffic from 2019 to 2020?
5. If the airport operates at full capacity, what might be its maximum hourly passenger traffic?

**Tip:** Always check whether you are dealing with a leap year when calculating the number of hours in a year.

Approximately 107.3 million passengers passed through a certain airport in 2019. Because of the coronavirus pandemic, only 49.9 million passengers passed through the same airport in 2020. Express these quantities in passengers per hour. There were enter your response here passengers per hour passing through the airport in 2019. (Round to the nearest whole number as needed.)

Learn how to convert annual airport passenger traffic to passengers per hour using unit conversion. This problem involves calculating passengers per hour for 2019 and 2020 based on annual data, using key concepts like division and rounding. Suitable for students in Grades 6-8.

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