Data from a deer count in forested area show that an estimated 3.16 x 10^3 deer inhabit 1.998 x 10^4 acres of land. What is the density of the deer population?

Question

Is this a multiplication or division problem?

Answer 1

You probably want to express the density as
so many deer per acre
we are given :
3.16x10^3 deer per 1.998x10^4 acres
= (3.16x10^3) / (1.998x10^4) deer/acre
= .158158.. deer/acre

or appr 158 deer/ 1000 acres
(don't like to see .158 of a deer)

Answer 2

thanks. this really helped