Two Species of Deer,A and B,living in a Wildlife Refuge

question 125

Essay

Two species of deer,A and B,living in a wildlife refuge are given extra food in the winter.Each week they receive 3.5 tons of food pellets and 7 tons of hay.Each deer of species A requires 4 pounds of the pellets and 8 pounds of hay.Each deer of species B requires 2 pounds of the pellets and 4 pounds of hay.How many of each species of deer will the food support so that all of the food is consumed each week? Use a graphing calculator to graph both of your equations at the same time.What do you notice about the graphs?

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Definitions:

Baillargeon

A psychologist known for her work in the field of developmental psychology, particularly in infants' understanding of the physical world.

Violation-of-Expectation Techniques

Experimental methods used in cognitive and developmental psychology to study understanding and expectation by observing responses to events that violate normal expectations.

Infants' Knowledge

The information or understanding possessed by infants, often concerning their immediate environment and needs.

A-not-B Task

A cognitive task used to assess the understanding of object permanence in infants, where an object is hidden in one location (A) then moved to another (B), and the infant's search behavior is observed.