Question

suppose a scientist finds 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 that will cause the population to decrease from generation to generation

Answer 1

The scientist could write the inequality:

x < 2.1

Where x is the average number of surviving offspring per female gorilla. If the average number of surviving offspring falls below 2.1, the population will decrease from generation to generation.