There are 35,000 bats roosting in a pyramid-shaped vaulted cave ceiling that has a height of 30 meters and a rectangular floor that measures 75 by 100 meters. What is the average density of the bat population in the cave? Make sure that the density is a number that reflects the fact that the bat population is measured in counting numbers.
[list=1] [*]Calculate the volume of the cave. [*]Calculate the volume density of the bats in the cave. [*]Determine the domain of the bat population. [*]Suggest a different basic volume unit that will result in a bat density measured in positive integers. [*]Use the response to step 4 to calculate a more realistic value for the bat density. [*]Compare the number of bats predicted by the result of step 5 to the number of bats given in the problem. [/list] This applet is provided by Walch Education as supplemental material for the [i]UCSS Secondary Math III[/i] program. Visit [url="http://www.walch.com"]www.walch.com[/url] for more information on our resources.