Twenty years ago, a gardener counted 50 monarch butterflies in her backyard. Assuming her area reflects the overall population trend, approximately how many monarch butterflies will she count this year?(1 point)

Question

Responses

10
10

50
50

100
100

20

Answer 1

To determine how many monarch butterflies the gardener might count this year based on the trend in the overall butterfly population, we would need information about any observed decline or increase in the population over the past twenty years.

Since the specific population trend will greatly influence the answer, it would usually be expected that the population of monarch butterflies has been declining due to various environmental factors. If we assume a decline, a reasonable estimate could be that she counts significantly fewer than 50 butterflies.

Given the options and typical trends in monarch butterfly populations, the most fitting response would likely be 10.

So the answer is: 10.