Yellowstone National Park has an average of about 4500 bison living in it. The park covers 3472 square miles. What is the popula

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tion density of bison living in Yellowstone?
a. 1.3 bison/mi²
b. 16 bison/mi²
c. 77 bison/mi²
d. 0.77 bison/mi²

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elixir [45] · Answer 1 · 2022-01-28T22:13:13+03:00

a. 1.3 bison/mi²

Explanation:

Given parameters:

Number bison in Yellowstone National Park = 4500

Park area = 3472mi²

Unknown:

Population density of the bison in the park = ?

Solution

The population density of a place is the number of organisms living per square area of that place.

Population density = $\frac{Total number of bison}{total area}$

input the parameters;

Population density = $\frac{4500}{3472}$ = 1.3 bison/mi²

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