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Math

P1n3appl31 · Answer

am here

cutebunny123 · Answer

What's the question?

YTStresssPG3D · Answer

im confused of wht to find and how they word it

cutebunny123 · Answer

Answer:

900 squirrels.

How I got my answer:
Let x represent total squirrel population.

We have been given that a team of park rangers marked 40 random squirrels in the park. Five days later, the rangers went to the park and counted a total of 450 squirrels, of which 20 were marked.

We will use proportions to solve the squirrel population as:

Upon substituting our given values, we will get:

Cross multiply:

Therefore, the best estimate for the squirrel population is 900 squirrels.

YTStresssPG3D · Answer

@cutebunny123 wrote:

Answer: 900 squirrels. How I got my answer: Let x represent total squirrel population. We have been given that a team of park rangers marked 40 random squirrels in the park. Five days later, the rangers went to the park and counted a total of 450 squirrels, of which 20 were marked. We will use proportions to solve the squirrel population as: Upon substituting our given values, we will get: Cross multiply: Therefore, the best estimate for the squirrel population is 900 squirrels.

hmm ok thanks Thats whati originally thought

cutebunny123 · Answer

So the answer would be 900 squirrels

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