SOLUTION: Park rangers catch, tag and then release 140 elk back into a National Park. One month later they're able to round up 130 elk, and find that 91 of them have been tagged. Assuming th

Question 372661: Park rangers catch, tag and then release 140 elk back into a National Park. One month later they're able to round up 130 elk, and find that 91 of them have been tagged. Assuming the ratio of tagged elk to the total in the same that was rounded up is the same as the ratio of all tagged elk to the population in the park, how many elk are the park?
Answer by checkley79(3341) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
91/130=140/X
91X=130*140
91X=18,200
X=18,200/91
X=200 NUMBER OF DEER IN THE PARK.
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