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It makes sense that the larger the area of a region, the larger the number of species that inhabit the region. Many ecologists have modeled the species-area relation with a power function and, in particular, the number of species SS of bats living in caves in central Mexico has been related to the surface area AA measured in m2m ^ { 2 } of the caves by the equation
S=0.7A03S = 0.7 A ^ { 03 }
(a) The cave called mission impossible near puebla, mexico, has suface area of A=90 m2A = 90 \mathrm {~m} ^ { 2 } . How many species of bats would expect to find in that cave?
(b) If you discover that 5 species of bats live in cave estimate the area of the cave.

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