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\n" ); document.write( ": In a large herd of not hunted caribou, one-third of the adults are males. In a recent sampling of 1860 adult caribou from the herd, 21% of the males of the herd and 36% of the females from the herd were counted. How many adult caribou are in the herd? \n" ); document.write( "
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In a large herd of not hunted caribou, one-third of the adults are males. In a recent sampling of 1860 adult caribou from the herd, 21% of the males of the herd and 36% of the females from the herd were counted. How many adult caribou are in the herd?
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\n" ); document.write( "Let \"x\" be be the number of adult caribou in the herd.
\n" ); document.write( "(1/3)x is the number of adult males in the herd.
\n" ); document.write( "(2/3)x is the number of adult females in the herd.
\n" ); document.write( "EQUATION:
\n" ); document.write( "(0.21)(1/3)x + (0.36)(2/3)x=1860
\n" ); document.write( "0.07x+0.24x=1860
\n" ); document.write( "0.31x=1860
\n" ); document.write( "x=6000 (the number of adult caribou in the herd)
\n" ); document.write( "Cheers,
\n" ); document.write( "Stan H. \n" ); document.write( "
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