SOLUTION: a game warden cathes, tags, and then realses 15 zebras. a month later, a sample of 20 zebras is collected and 6 of them have tags. use this information to estimate the size of the

Question 1166122: a game warden cathes, tags, and then realses 15 zebras. a month later, a sample of 20 zebras is collected and 6 of them have tags. use this information to estimate the size of the zebra in that area.
Answer by ikleyn(52803) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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Use the proportion


     = 


saying that tagged zebras are uniformly mixed among the rest of them.


From the proportion, find the total number of zebras, which is under the problem's question


    x =  = 50.    ANSWER

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