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OpenStudy (fluttershyk):

A fish and game warden captures and tags 66 deer in a local forest. A month later he captures 100 deer and finds that 17 of them are tagged. Estimate the actual number of deer in the forest. 149 1022 578 389

OpenStudy (fluttershyk):

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OpenStudy (dmezzullo):

Do you know how to start this?

OpenStudy (dmezzullo):

Try 100+66-17.

OpenStudy (fluttershyk):

oh 149

OpenStudy (dmezzullo):

Yep!

OpenStudy (peachpi):

I would have thought to set up a proportion. Like the ratio of the sample equals the ratio of the population. 17/100 = 66/x or 17% of 100 deer were tagged, so 66 would be 17% of all the deer in the forest.

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