Problema Solution
Suppose that due to an unknown serious environmental changes, zoologists have detected a gender imbalance in the population of trumpeter swans. Instead of a 50-50 gender balance at birth, they find that approximately 110 females are born for every 100 males. Assuming that trumpeter swans tend to mate for life and that there are approximately 800,000 in the population, calculate the female surplus of trumpeter swans that would exist as a result of this imbalance.
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let
m = the number of male swans in the 800,000 population
f = the number of female swans in the 800,000 population
f + m = 800000
110 : 100 = f : m
100f = 110m
10f = 11m
by solving the system of equations
f + m = 800000
10f = 11m
we find
f = 419,048
m = 390,952
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f - m = 419048 - 390952 = 28096
the female surplus of trumpeter swans would be 28096 swans.