The sixth graders are making posters about Bee Colony Collapse, the mysterious disappearance of bees from their hives. Data shows that pesticides, especially chemically made neonicotinoids may play a part. Uh-oh! Someone just spilled paint on one of their posters and they’ll have to recreate it. Luckily, Vishal remembers that the last two data points are the same.Maria had been analyzing the data in two parts, looking for patterns. She determined that the average number of colony collapses due to pesticides from 2007 to 2012 compared to the average from 2002 to 2007 was 1 –2 3 times the ratio of the averages of incidents investigated during those periods. What is the total number of bee colony collapses due to pesticides from 2002 to 2012