Question

A 50 square inch model of a forest is built where one square inch equals one square mile. If the forest has approximately 35 pine trees per square inch, how many trees should be found in the forest?

Answer 1

1750 trees

Explanation:

Scale :

1 inch² = 1 mile²

Number of pine trees per square inch = 35

Area of model = 50 inch²

Hence,

Since scale factor is ; 1 inch² = 1 mile²

Area of forest will also be 50 mile²

Approximate number of trees on forest ;

Area * number of trees per square inch

50 * 35

= 1750 pine trees