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To determine the number of deer in a game preserve, a conservationist catches 788 deer, tags them and lets them loose. Later, 348 deer are caught, 174 of them are tagged. How
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To determine the number of deer in a game preserve, a conservationist catches 788 deer, tags them and lets them loose. Later, 348 deer are caught, 174 of them are tagged. How many deer are in the preserve?
_________ deer are in the preserve?
Answer by checkley71(8403) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
174/348=788/x
174x=274,224
x=274,224/174
x=1,576 is the estimated size of the herd.
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