Question

A herpetologist wants to estimate how many snakes are in a forest. She counts 12 snakes in a 100,000 square foot area. Estimate how many snakes are in the entire forest of 7,000 acres.
(1 acre = 43,560 square feet)
Please help me solve thus

Answer 1

Answer:

Approximately 36 522

Explanation:

First convert 100 000 square ft to acres = 2.3

Using ratio method:

$x = \frac{12 x 7000}{2.3} \\ = 36 521.7$