Refer to the Figure

question 38

Multiple Choice

Refer to the figure.
According to the figure, the success rate of attacks by goshawks hunting wood pigeons varies depending of the number of pigeons in the targeted flock (because the hawk is more likely to be detected if more pigeons are present) . Relative to its success rate when attacking a flock of 2-??10 or 50 wood pigeons, how much greater is the success rate of a goshawk attacking a lone wood pigeon?

• A) Roughly eight times greater for a flock of 2-10 and around one and a half times greater for a flock of 50
• B) Roughly one and a half times greater for a flock of 2-10 and around eight times greater for a flock of 50
• C) Roughly twice the success rate for a flock of 2-10 and around ten times the success rate for a flock of 50
• D) Roughly ten times the success rate for a flock of 2-10 and around twice the success rate for a flock of 50

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