Question

In 1893, a one-million acre area of the grand canyon national forest reserve was home to an estimated 3,000 rocky mountain mule deer. cattle, sheep, and horses also roamed the reserve. in 1906, government hunters killed off hundreds of mountain lions, coyotes, and bobcats when the area was set aside as the grand canyon national game preserve. the number of rocky mountain mule deer rose to over 100,000 by 1923. what was the approximate density of the mule deer in 1923

Answer 1

Answer:

0.1 / acre or 1 / 10 acres

Explanation:

The density of an animal in a given area is given by the number of animals per unit of area.

In this case, we want to know the density of the mule deer in 1923 (100,000) divided by the total area of the Grand Canyon National forest Reserve (1,000,000 acres).

So, we'll simply divide 100,000 by 1,000,000 to get:

D = 100,000 / 1,000,000 = 0.1

The density of the mule deer within the Grand Canyon National forest Reserve  is of 0.1 / acre or 1 / 10 acres