Question

If all the individuals here (let's say 2,000) produce just 2 offspring, how many individuals will be present in the subsequent generation?

Answer 1

the original 2000 if not dead, and 2*2000 offspring, 6000 total

but

Answer 2

that is probably right, but every individual produces 2 kids, they all women, or is it really 1000 men and 1000 women, and each pair produces 2 kids

Answer 3

i dont get it

Answer 4

@DanJS

Answer 5

so the answer is 6000?

Answer 6

i dont think thats right

Answer 7

yeah, 2000 people produced 2 kids each, 4000 kids and 2000 adults, total 6k

Answer 8

it said it's wrong

Answer 9

when i sumbitted the asnwer

Answer 10

or are the adults considered last generation, so just the 4000 kids is it then

Answer 11

okay yeah that's what i sumbitted so what if they ask this next If all of these individuals (4,000) also produce just 2 offspring each, how many individuals will be present in the subsequent generation

Answer 12

4000 * 2 = 8000

Answer 13

sorry i assumed if you are alive, you are part of the current generation.. .. it probably means the label put on the generations

Answer 14

This generation has 2000 individuals.
Each individual produces 2 offspring.
The next generation has 2 * 2000 = 4000 individuals.