Question

There are approximately 259 hectares per square mile. How many deer could a square mile of forest of mature American chestnut trees support for a year if they were the only organism consuming their nuts?

Answer 1

25 deers

Step-by-step explanation:

According to studies conducted by wildlife experts, a single deer needs roughly 25 acres of land in order to survive comfortably. Therefore we first need to find out how many acres are in a hectare, which based on a quick search online we see that 25 acres equal 10.11 hectares which is what a single deer needs to survive. Now we divide the total amount of hectares by the hectares a single deer needs in order to find out how many deers can survive on this total amount of land.

259 / 10.11 = 25.618

Finally, we can see that the 259 hectares can maintain roughly 25 deers.