Question

Louden County Wildlife Conservancy counts butterflies each year. Data over the last three years regarding four types of butterflies are shown below. What inference can be made about the butterflies in Louden County from the samples?

Answer 1

Incomple question. However, here's the remaining part of the question:

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2009

Meadow Fritillary= 5

Variegated Fritillary= 7

Zebra Swallowtail= 33

Eastern-Tailed Blue= 242

Louden County Butterfly Count

2010

Meadow Fritillary 34

Variegated Fritillary 95

Zebra Swallowtail 21

Eastern-Tailed Blue 168

2011

Meadow Fritillary

Variegated Fritillary

Zebra Swallowtail

Eastern-Tailed Blue

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170

Options:

A) All butterfly populations are steadily decreasing.

B)All butterfly populations were larger than usual in 2010.

C)The Eastern-Tailed Blue butterfly is more common than the others.

D)The Meadow Fritillary is equally common as the Variegated Fritillary

Answer:

C

Step-by-step explanation:

Looking through the above count data by Louden County Wildlife Conservancy from 2009 to 2011 we notice the Eastern- Trailed Blue butterfly has a higher count, which implies that the Eastern-Tailed Blue butterfly is more common than the other butterflies.

Therefore, we could infer from the samples, that the Eastern-Tailed Blue butterfly is more common than others from the records of the past 3 three years.