Question

In 2010, the sea turtle population was twice the amount of turtles as in 2005. How many sea turtles were there in 2010?

Answer 1

Without knowing the exact number of turtles in 2005, we cannot determine the exact number of turtles in 2010. However, we can use the information given to set up an equation.

Let x be the number of sea turtles in 2005.

According to the problem, the number of sea turtles in 2010 was twice the amount in 2005, or 2x.

We can set up an equation:

2x = number of sea turtles in 2010

We don't know the exact value of x, so we cannot solve for the number of turtles in 2010.