Jared wants to estimate the number of deer in a 600 acre state park When driving along the one mile road that is one side of the park, he can see an average distance of 50 yards into the park and counts 7 deer. An acre is 4840 square yard and a mile is 1760 yards. If the deer are evenly distributed throughout the park, what is the best estimate of the number of deer in the park
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you first need to find the distribution of deer in your observed section of the park. the area of this section is 88000 sq yds (1760*50=88000). so the distribution is 7deer per 88000 sq yds. The 600 acre state park is 2904000 sq yds (4840*600). multiply that by the distribution: 2904*7/88000 = 231.
answer= 231 deer
answer= 231 deer
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I'm dead tired right now, and therefore can not solve this problem at the time being. If you don't mind waiting, I can help you out. ^_^