Question

A herpetologist wants to estimate how many snakes are in a forest. She counts 12 snakes in a 100,000 square foot area. Estimate how many snakes are in the entire forest of 7,000 acres.

(1 acre = 43,560 square feet)
Please help me solve thus

Answer 1

Approximately 36 522

Step-by-step explanation:

First convert 100 000 square ft to acres = 2.3

Using ratio method:

`x = (12 x 7000)/(2.3) \\   = 36 521.7`