Answer
500
Step-by-step explanation:
If the biologist tags 25 birds and lets them go, and then catches 100 and 5 of them have the tags, that would mean 20 of them are still out in the wild.
The way to solve this is if you put it into a proportion.
5/100 = 25/x
5x = (100)(25)
5x = 2500
5x/5 = 2500/5
x = 500
5/100=25/500
Let T be the taco, B the burrito, MP the mexican pizza, R the rice, and N the beans.
For the main course we can have the first three.
----- T
------ B
-------MP
Each main course comes with the two sides. So an R branch and a B branch go to each of the taco, burrito, or pizza.
-----T---------R or N.
We expand it to
--------T-----------R
---------------------N
And we repeat it for the rest.
Thus, the tree diagram is
----- T --------R
-----------------N
-----B---------R
-----------------N
----MP--------R
----------------N
The formulas answer/ variable?
The degree is 3.
This video explains it pretty well: https://virtualnerd.com/pre-algebra/polynomials-nonlinear-functions/polynomials/monomial-polynomial-degrees/polynomial-degree-definition
