SOLUTION: Hey guys, here is one that I'm struggling with. Again, thank you for your help.
To estimate the size of the bear populaation on the keweenaw peninsula, conservationists capture
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: Hey guys, here is one that I'm struggling with. Again, thank you for your help.
To estimate the size of the bear populaation on the keweenaw peninsula, conservationists captured, tagged, and released 50 bears. One year later,a random sample of 100 bears included only 2 tagged bears. What is the conservationist's estimate of the size of the bear population.
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This question is from textbook university of Phoenix Elementary and Intermediate Algebra
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To estimate the size of the bear populaation on the keweenaw peninsula, conservationists captured, tagged, and released 50 bears. One year later,a random sample of 100 bears included only 2 tagged bears. What is the conservationist's estimate of the size of the bear population.
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Let "p" be the size of the bear population.
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[population:sample caught] as [tagged population:tagged caught]
p/100 = 2/50
p = 2500 bears
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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