A scientist samples a deer population and finds 200 deer in an area of 10 square miles. On average, how many deer can the scientist expect to find in an area of 300 square miles?(1 point)
Responses
20 deer
20 deer
60,000 deer
60,000 deer
320 deer
320 deer
6,000 deer
6,000 deer
To answer this question, we can assume that the deer population is evenly distributed across the area.
The deer density in the given sample area is 200 deer / 10 square miles = 20 deer per square mile.
Based on this density, in an area of 300 square miles, we can expect to find 20 deer per square mile * 300 square miles = 6,000 deer.
Therefore, the answer is 6,000 deer.