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An isolated African canyon community in which cheetahs and leopards consume only impala antelopes is being observed. If the number of leopards increases, whichof the following change is most likely to be the first to occur after the leopard population increase? A. The impala population will decrease. B. The cheetah population will increase. C. The cheetah population will decrease. D. The impala population will remain the same.

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The answer is most likely A. There will be more leopards to eat the impalas, therefore decreasing the impala population. 

The correct answer is option A

There is a community in which the Cheetah and Leopard consume only impala antelopes.

If the population of Cheetah increases then the population of impala antelopes will decrease as the cheetah feed on them as their food source.

If the number of predators increase in a community as a result of this the population of the prey will decrease.