Question

sasha researched the size of zoos in her state. she found that the zoo in the north part of the state is almost twice as large as the zoo in the south. she also found that the zoo in the south part of the state has 200 fewer than twice the number of animals as the northern zoo. how many animals per acre does each zoo have? north zoo has 64 acres and ? animals and the south zoo has 35 acres and 3800 animals

Answer 1

3800 = 2n-200
n = 2000

north: 2000/64 animals/acre
south: 3800/35 animals/acre

Answer 2

north: 31.25 animals per acre
south: 108 per acre

north: 64x=2000
south: 35x=3800

Answer 3

2x-200=3800
North: 64x=2000 which is 31.25 per acre
South: 35x=3800 which is approximately 109 per acre