Question

nancy put 80 acorns in her backyard. then, she made a graph of how many acorns different types of squirrels ate. = 4 acorns ground squirrels flying squirrels fox squirrels gray squirrels number of acorns how many acorns were left after the squirrels ate?

Explanation:

Step1: Calculate the number of acorns eaten by each type of squirrel

• Ground squirrels: \(5\times4 + 2= 22\) (5 full acorns and 1 half - acorn, where a full acorn represents 4, so \(5\times4\) and half is \(2\))
• Flying squirrels: \(2\times4=8\)
• Fox squirrels: \(6\times4 = 24\)
• Gray squirrels: \(2\times4+2 = 10\) (2 full acorns and 1 half - acorn)

Step2: Calculate the total number of acorns eaten

$$22 + 8+24 + 10=\sum_{i = 1}^{4}x_{i}$$

$$22+8 = 30$$

$$30+24=54$$

$$54 + 10=64$$

Step3: Calculate the number of acorns left

The total number of acorns initially is \(N = 80\). Let the number of acorns left be \(L\). Then \(L=80 - 64\)

Answer:

16