Suppose a scientist finds that the average female gorilla needs to have at least 2.1 surviving offspring in order for the population to replace itself from generation to generation. How would she write an inequality that shows the number of offspring (c)

Question

that will cause the population to decrease from generation to generation?(1 point)
Responses

c>2.1
c greater than 2.1

c≥2.1
c greater-than-or-equal-to 2.1

c≠2.1
c is not equal to 2.1

c<2.1

Answer 1

To show the number of offspring \( c \) that will cause the population to decrease from generation to generation, the correct inequality would be:

\[ c < 2.1 \]

This means that if the average number of surviving offspring is less than 2.1, the population will decline. Therefore, the correct response is:

c < 2.1 (c is less than 2.1)