A scientist samples a deer population and finds 200 deer in an area of 10 square miles. On average, how many deer can the scientist expect to find in an area of 300 square miles?(1 point)

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Responses

320 deer
320 deer

20 deer
20 deer

6,000 deer
6,000 deer

60,000 deer

Answer 1

To answer this question, we need to determine the average number of deer per square mile, and then multiply that by the number of square miles in the larger area.

The scientist found 200 deer in 10 square miles, so the average number of deer per square mile is 200/10 = 20 deer.

The scientist is looking at an area of 300 square miles, so the expected number of deer is 20 deer per square mile * 300 square miles = 6,000 deer.

Therefore, the scientist can expect to find 6,000 deer in an area of 300 square miles.