Question

A population of sixteen emu grew to thirty-nine in one year. After two years, the population had grown to forty-eight. The maximum number of emu that the environment can support is approximately sixty due to limited resources such as food and water. The carrying capacity of the emu population is?

Answer 1

Answer: 60

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Answer 2

The answer is sixty.

A carrying capacity is the maximum size of some population, for example, emu population that can survive in the given environment. It represents the number of animals that can live, reproduce, survive in the given area regarding the indefinite sustainability of this area in terms of resources (food, water, habitat, etc.) If the maximum number of emu that the environment can support is approximately sixty, then the carrying capacity must be 60.