Question

If 8 individuals in a laboratory population of 80 fruit flies died in a week, then what would be the death rate for population for the said period ?

Answer 1

Fruits flies in laboratory= 80
No. of fruits flies in a weak = 8
Death rate=`("No of Individuals dead")/("Total No of individual")`
Death rate = `8/80`=0.1
The death rate will be 0.1 individual per week.