Wildlife conservationists are concerned that the deer population might not be constant across the national forest. the scientists found that there were 144 deer in a 16-square-mile area of the forest. in another part of the forest, conservationists counted 117 deer in a 13-square-mile area. yet a third conservationist counted 216 deer in a 24-square-mile plot of the forest. do conservationists need to be worried?
a. why does it matter if the deer population is not constant in a certain area of the national forest?
b. what is the population density of deer per square mile?
the unit rate of deer per 1 square mile is
constant of proportionality:
explain the meaning of the constant of proportionality in this problem:
c. use the unit rate of deer per square mile (or y/x) to determine how many deer there are for every 207 square miles.
d. use the unit rate to determine the number of square miles in which you would find 486 deer.