Jeff is a bird watcher. Every year in the first week of spring, he visits the Hawk Mountain Sanctuary in Pennsylvania. Last year
, he saw 12 Turkish vultures, 2 bald eagles, 4 northern goshawks, and 7 red-tailed hawks. Jeff didn’t see any other birds. This year, the sanctuary authorities are expecting 175 birds during the time he visits. Use this data to predict the count of each bird that will be in the sanctuary during this year’s visit.
If the values are accurate there will be <span>84 Turkish vultures, 14 bald eagles, 28 northern goshawks, and 49 red-tailed hawks. Jeff's observation accounted for 25 total birds. 175/25 is 7. Multiply the original values by 7 to get an estimate of the total birds in the sanctuary this year. </span>
