A Certain Area of Forest Is Populated by Two Species $\mathrm { F } _ { 1 }$

question 181

Multiple Choice

A certain area of forest is populated by two species of animals, which scientists refer to as A and B for simplicity. The forest supplies two kinds of food, referred to as $\mathrm { F } _ { 1 }$ and $\mathrm { F } _ { 2 }$ . For one year, species A requires $1.45$ units of $\mathrm { F } _ { 1 }$ and 1 units of $\mathrm { F } _ { 2 }$ . Species $B$ requires $2.0$ units of $\mathrm { F } _ { 1 }$ and $1.9$ units of $\mathrm { F } _ { 2 }$ . The forest can normally supply at most 833 units of $F _ { 1 }$ and 453 units of $F _ { 2 }$ per year. What is the maximum total number of these animals that the forest can support?

• A) 453 animals
• B) 184 animals
• C) 886 animals
• D) 312 animals

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