wild life biologist catch,tag and release 32 bears at a game reserve. later, 10 bears are caught and 4 of them have tags. estimate the total number of bears at the game reserve

A.320

B.316

C.128

D.80

Question

wild life biologist catch,tag and release 32 bears at a game reserve. later, 10 bears are caught and 4 of them have tags. estimate the total number of bears at the game reserve

A.320

B.316

C.128

D.80

rajee_sam · Answer

4 with tags -------> out of 10
32 tagged -------> out of X

4/32 = 10/x 

cross multiply and find x

anonymous · Answer

Its C

anonymous · Answer

Since 40%  (4 out of 10) caught had tags, we estimate that the original 32 is also 40% of the entire bear population:

N times 0.40 = 32    ->   N = 32 / 0.40 = 80

anonymous · Answer

All good now, @Dyalis_love  ?

anonymous · Answer

yeah thx

anonymous · Answer

uw!  Good luck to you in all of your studies and thax for the recognition! @Dyalis_love