Baker's Dairy has 500 acres of grazing land. If the population density is 4 cows per acre, how many cows graze on the acreage? Your answer: 1,500 cows 1,800 cows 2,000 cows 2,300 cows
For this case we can solve the problem by making the following rule of three: 1 acre ------------> 4 cows 500 acres -------> x From here, we clear the value of x. We have then: [tex]x = (500/1) * (4)
[/tex] Calculating the value of x we have: [tex]x = 2000 cows
[/tex] Answer: there are 2,000 cows on the acreage
we know that Population density is a measurement of population per unit area so in this problem Population density=total cows/total area solve for total cows total cows=population density*total area total cows=4*500------> 2000 cows
