1. 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 16 square mile area for the forest. In another part of the forest, conservationists counted 117 deer is a 13 square mile area. Yet a third conservationist counted 24 deer in a 216 square acre plot of the forest. Do conservationists need to be worried? a) What is the constant of proportionality? b) What is the meaning of the constant of proportionality in this problem? c) Use the unit rate of deer per square mile to determine how many deer are there for every 207 square miles. d) Use the unit rate to determine the number of square miles in which you would find 486 deer?