SOLUTION: #5)WORD PROBLEM
To determine the number of deer in a game preserve, a conservationist catches 856 deer, tags them and lets them go. Later 486 deer are caught, 162 of them are ta
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To determine the number of deer in a game preserve, a conservationist catches 856 deer, tags them and lets them go. Later 486 deer are caught, 162 of them are ta
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To determine the number of deer in a game preserve, a conservationist catches 856 deer, tags them and lets them go. Later 486 deer are caught, 162 of them are tagged. How many deer are in the preserve? Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! To determine the number of deer in a game preserve, a conservationist catches 856 deer, tags them and lets them go. Later 486 deer are caught, 162 of them are tagged. How many deer are in the preserve?
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Let the population be "x".
x/856 = 486/162
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x = 1568
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Stan H.
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