Question

Baker's Dairy has 500 acres of grazing land. If the population density is 4 cows per acre, how many cows graze on the acreage? Your answer: 1,500 cows 1,800 cows 2,000 cows 2,300 cows

Answer 1

For this case we can solve the problem by making the following rule of three:
1 acre ------------> 4 cows
500 acres -------> x
From here, we clear the value of x.
We have then:

`x = (500/1) * (4)`
Calculating the value of x we have:

`x = 2000 cows`
Answer:
there are 2,000 cows on the acreage

Answer 2

we know that
Population density is a measurement of population per unit area
so
in this problem
Population density=total cows/total area
solve for total cows
total cows=population density*total area
total cows=4*500------> 2000 cows

the answer is
2000 cows