Question

There are 750 elephants in a wildlife sanctuary. each elephant is either an asian elephant or an african elephant.

the african elephants and the asian elephants are in the ratio 9 : 1 . 12% of the african elephants are female. work out how many of the african elephants are male.

Answer 1

By applying the ratio and percentage calculations to the provided figures, we determined that there are 594 male African elephants in the wildlife sanctuary.

Step-by-step explanation:

The student is asking for assistance in determining the number of male African elephants in a wildlife sanctuary based on given information. There are 750 elephants, and the ratio of African elephants to Asian elephants is 9:1. To find out the number of African elephants, we must first determine the total number in that group using the ratio. Since the ratio signifies 9 parts African for every 1 part Asian, this means we have a total of 10 parts. Thus, the number of African elephants is (9/10) × 750 = 675.

Next, it is stated that 12% of African elephants are female. To work out the number of female African elephants, we calculate 12% of 675, which gives us (12/100) × 675 = 81. Subtracting this from the total number of African elephants, we get the number of male African elephants, which is 675 - 81 = 594. Therefore, there are 594 male African elephants in the sanctuary.