Biologist Dr. Cytoplasm wants to know how many elephants in the nature reserve have broken tusks . Of the 30 elephants that he observes in random places in the reserve, he counts 8 elephants with broken tusks. Of the 600 elephants in the reserve, how many can he expect to have broken tusks?

Of the 600 elephants that he observes in random places in the reserve, he counts elephants with broken tusks.

Step-by-step explanation:

Let x denotes number of elephants having broken tusks out of 600 elephants.

Of the 30 elephants that he observes in random places in the reserve, he counts 8 elephants with broken tusks.

So,

Of the 1 elephants that he observes in random places in the reserve, he counts elephants with broken tusks.

Therefore,

Of the 600 elephants that he observes in random places in the reserve, he counts elephants with broken tusks.

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