The diagram below illustrates the number of moose (red curve) and wolves (blue curve) between 1960 and 2015 in the Isle Royale National Park (USA). It does not show the actual data, but it approximates the trend. The vertical scale is from 0 to 50 for wolves and 0 to 2500 for moose. In certain years the moose population was decreasing and the wolf population was increasing. Which of the options below represents such a year? A. 1980   B. 1970   C. 2000   D. 2010

Algebra & Trigonometry with Analytic Geometry
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Chapter1: Fundamental Concepts Of Algebra
Section1.2: Exponents And Radicals
Problem 46E
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The diagram below illustrates the number of moose (red curve) and wolves (blue curve) between 1960 and 2015 in the Isle Royale National Park (USA). It does not show the actual data, but it approximates the trend. The vertical scale is from 0 to 50 for wolves and 0 to 2500 for moose.

In certain years the moose population was decreasing and the wolf population was increasing. Which of the options below represents such a year?

A. 1980

 

B. 1970

 

C. 2000

 

D. 2010

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1960
1970
1980
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2000
2010
Transcribed Image Text:50 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010
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