Question

A pack of wolves has 52 wolves. There are 12 white wolves and the rest are gray. What is the ratio of white wolves to gray?

Answer 1

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The red wolf is a currently recognized species that historically inhabited much of the eastern United States. During the 20th century, populations were driven to very low numbers by predator eradication programs and habitat loss and were largely replaced by coyotes spreading eastwards from their original range in the western United States. A few remaining specimens from Texas and Louisiana with apparent red wolf morphology were captured before the red wolf was declared to be extinct in the wild and were used to establish a breeding program. The descendants of this breeding program were reintroduced in North Carolina and are now a managed population in the wild. There has been substantial controversy regarding the species status of the red wolf. In particular, the individuals that were used to found the breeding program were captured from a region where there had already been substantial admixture between eastward-expanding coyotes and local gray wolves and red wolves. Some of the earliest genetic studies of red wolves found that historical specimens had mitochondrial genes that were similar to coyotes, suggesting the possibility of admixture. As a result, substantial research has focused on examining whether and to what extent wolves and coyotes in the eastern United States are genetically distinct. The controversy currently stands on two main issues: (1) the degree to which red wolves historically were a separate species or could be better categorized as either coyotes or gray wolves, and (2) the degree to which the extant (captive and managed) population descends from the original red wolf population or instead is the result of admixture between coyotes and gray wolves.

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Answer 2

Step-by-step explanation:

pack of wolves = 52

white wolves = 12

gray wolves = ?

= 52 - 12

= 40

Gray wolves = 40

So,

white wolves : Gray wolves

12 : 40

3 : 10

Ratio of white wolves to gray wolves = 3 : 10

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