SOLUTION: To estimate the size of the bear population on the Keweenaw Peninsula, conservationalists captured, tagged and released 50 bears. one year later, a random sample of 100 bears inclu
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: To estimate the size of the bear population on the Keweenaw Peninsula, conservationalists captured, tagged and released 50 bears. one year later, a random sample of 100 bears included only 2 tagged bears. What is the conservationalists estimate of the size of the bear population?
Any help will be appreciated. Thanks, Anne
This question is from textbook Elementary and Intermediate Algebra
Answer by scott8148(6628) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
2% (2/100) of the random sample had tags
so the assumption is that 2% of the population is tagged
50 bears were tagged __ so if 50 is 2%; the population is 2500 (50/.02)
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