Imagine a population of 600 mice and 350 chipmunks. The chipmunks and mice eat some of the same food, but the food to support 1,000 mice would support only 300 chipmunks. What would $\alpha$ and $\beta$ be for this population in which mice are species 1 and chipmunks are species 2?

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To calculate F1F1F1S1F1F1F10 and F1F1F1S1F1F1F10, we need to use the formula:

F1F1F1S1F1F1F10 = food required by mice / food required by 1000 individuals of species 2 
F1F1F1S1F1F1F10 = food required by species 2 / food required by 1000 individuals of mice

Given: 
Population of mice (species 1) = 600 
Population of chipmunks (species 2) = 350 
Food required for 1000 mice = food required for 300 chipmunks 
Therefore, food required for 1 mouse = food required for 0.5 chipmunks

Now, we can calculate: 
F1F1F1S1F1F1F10 = food required by mice / food required by 1000 individuals of species 2 
= (600 * food required for 1 mouse) / (350 * food required for 1 chipmunk) 
= 1.714

F1F1F1S1F1F1F10 = food required by species 2 / food required by 1000 individuals of mice 
= (350 * food required for 1 chipmunk) / (600 * food required for 1 mouse) 
= 0.294

Thus, the answer is A: F1F1F1S1F1F1F10 = 3.3; F1F1F1S1F1F1F10 = 0.3.

Imagine a Population of 600 Mice and 350 Chipmunks α\alphaα And β\betaβ

Imagine a Population of 600 Mice and 350 Chipmunks $\alpha$ And $\beta$