A New Zoo Is Being Built in the Town

question 37

Multiple Choice

A new zoo is being built in the town. The zoo will be partitioned into six different habitats (Polar, Tropical, Temperate, Savanna, Desert, and Tide Pools) . Donors have given enough money to purchase 48 interactive touch-screen educational tools. These touch-screens will be apportioned to the different habitats based on the number of different species on display. The table below gives the number of species on display in each habitat.

-Based on the scenario above, the apportionment given below Polar: 2; Tropical: 16; Temperate: 7; Savanna: 9; Desert: 5; Tide Pools: 11

• A) violates the quota rule.
• B) is an example of the Alabama paradox.
• C) is an example of the new state's paradox.
• D) is an example of the population paradox.
• E) None of the above.

---

Definitions:

Jelly Beans

Small, bean-shaped sugar candies with soft candy shells and thick gel interiors, available in various flavors.

Proportion

A statistical measure that reflects the fraction of the total number of items in a particular category.

Standard Deviations

A measure that quantifies the amount of dispersion or variability of a set of data points or distribution from its mean.

Contact Lenses

Optical devices made of thin plastic or glass placed directly on the eye's surface to correct vision.