Question

Biologist Dr. Cytoplasm wants to know how many elephants in the nature reserve have broken tusks . Of the 30 elephants that he observes in random places in the reserve, he counts 8 elephants with broken tusks. Of the 600 elephants in the reserve, how many can he expect to have broken tusks?

Answer 1

Answer:

Of the 600 elephants that he observes in random places in the reserve, he counts $\frac{8}{30}(600)=160$ elephants with broken tusks.

Step-by-step explanation:

Let x denotes number of elephants having broken tusks out of 600 elephants.

Of the 30 elephants that he observes in random places in the reserve, he counts 8 elephants with broken tusks.

So,

Of the 1 elephants that he observes in random places in the reserve, he counts $\frac{8}{30}$ elephants with broken tusks.

Therefore,

Of the 600 elephants that he observes in random places in the reserve, he counts $\frac{8}{30}(600)=160$ elephants with broken tusks.