SOLUTION: To estimate the size of the bear population on the Keweenaw Peninsula, conservasionists captured, tagged, and released 50 bears. One year later, a random sample of 100 bears includ

SOLUTION: To estimate the size of the bear population on the Keweenaw Peninsula, conservasionists captured, tagged, and released 50 bears. One year later, a random sample of 100 bears includ

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Question 121161: To estimate the size of the bear population on the Keweenaw Peninsula, conservasionists captured, tagged, and released 50 bears. One year later, a random sample of 100 bears included only 2 tagged bears. What is the conservasionist's estimate of the size of the bear population?
Answer by checkley71(8403) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
50/X=2/100
2X=5,000
X=5000/2
X=2500 ESTIMATED TOTAL NUMBER OF BEARS.
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