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in all of those rooms #1 (permalink) Fri Nov 18, 2011 9:43 am   in all of those rooms
 

1-How many people are in all of those rooms?

Does this mean:
a-All in all how many people are in those rooms?
or:
b-How many people are in each of those rooms?
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in all of those rooms #2 (permalink) Fri Nov 18, 2011 10:16 am   in all of those rooms
 

That would usually be a request to be told the total number of people. (all in all)
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