To determine the number of deer in a forest, a forest ranger tags 280 and releases them back into the forest. Later, 405 deer are caught, out of which 45 of them are tagged. About how many deer are in the forest?

Step-by-step explanation:

Given

The ratio of the tagged deer vs total

Solving by cross-multiplication

So there are about 2520 deer in the forest

the smallest possible measurement of the width is 14 feet

step-by-step explanation:

let's assume length of parallelogram is 'l'

width of parallelogram is 'w'

the perimeter of a parallelogram must be no less than 40 feet

so, we get

we are given

length of parallelogram is 6 feet

so,

l=6

we can plug it

now, we can solve for w

subtract both sides by 12

divide both sides by 2

and we get

so,

the smallest possible measurement of the width is 14 feet