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Chapter 53, Problem 17TYU
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To determine: The country with greater population density among Country N and Country U. The population of Country N in 2017 was 17.1 million and a land area of 15,768 square miles and that of Country U was 325.4 million, and its land area is 3,717,796 square miles.
Introduction: Population density measures the number of individuals within a given area. It is a quantitative measurement of the population of people in accordance with per unit area.
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population experiences density-dependent growth
K or carrying capacity is 180
r = 0.032 individual/month
1. Calculate how many bugs are added to the population next month when population size is 65?
2. Now keeping the condition of density dependent growth, let's change some numbers: K=270 and r=0.13. If the current population is 125 bugs, how large will the population be in 12 months?
PRACTICE
Calculate the population densities for the following countries. Round to two decimal places.
Country: Albania
Albanla-
Population: 3 002 859
Area: 28 748 km2
Country: Colombia
Population: 45 239 079
Colombla
Area: 1 138 910 km2
The Arizona Forest occupies 87,174,334,009 sq. miles land that cater different kinds of species. One of which were the leopards. As of 2019, the total population of leopards is 26,753. Due to severe changes of the environment, there is an average of 571 leopard’s dies while only 255 were given birth each year. In 1950, their population is 63% higher from the current population.
Calculate for:
Total change in population
Select one:
a. 16,850
b. 16, 855
c. 16,852
d. 16,851
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