The Seafoam Island scientists used a model to test whether each solution meets the Seafoam Reef Conservancy's requirement:%0D%0ASeafoam Reef's percent coral cover should return to 90% within 30 years.%0D%0AThe model projected Seafoam Reef's percent coral cover 30 years from the present under each solution.%0D%0AIf a no-anchor zone is used, the projected percent coral cover is 90%.%0D%0AIf mooring buoys are used, the projected percent coral cover is 80%.%0D%0AWhich of the two solutions meets the Seafoam Reef Conservancy's requirement?
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The solution that meets the Seafoam Reef Conservancy's requirement is the no-anchor zone, which projects a percent coral cover of 90% within 30 years. The mooring buoys solution falls short with a projected percent coral cover of 80%.