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?

Respuesta :

Answer:

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

Therefore,

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