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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

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  1. 3800 = 2n-200
    n = 2000

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

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    posted by Steve

  2. north: 31.25 animals per acre
    south: 108 per acre

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

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