Question

A population of giraffes on a square kilometer of the African savannah contains sixteen individuals. Generally, the giraffes stay in smaller groups, surrounding scattered watering holes, where there is abundant vegetation. What is the size of the giraffe population? What is the population density?

Answer 1

The size of the giraffe population is 16

The population density is
`16(giraffes)/(km^(2))`

Step-by-step explanation:

To solve this exerciste we first need to make two definitions.

The population of a particular species found at a certain location is the number of individuals. In this case, in the African savanna on that square kilometer the population is 16 giraffes.

We also define population density as the count of number of individuals per unit of area.

`PopulationDensity=(Individuals)/(area)`

In this case, we have 16 giraffes on a square kilometer ⇒

Population density =
`16(giraffes)/(km^(2))`