SOLUTION: To determine the number of deer in a game preserve,a man catches 715 deer, tags them and lets them loose,later, 312 of them are caught, 156 of them are tagged. How many of them are

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Question 149130: To determine the number of deer in a game preserve,a man catches 715 deer, tags them and lets them loose,later, 312 of them are caught, 156 of them are tagged. How many of them are in the preserve?
Found 2 solutions by stanbon, checkley77:
Answer by stanbon(75887)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
(# inpopulation) / (# caught and tagged) = (# in mixed population)/(# tagged that are caught)
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x / 715 = 312/156
x = 1430 deer
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Cheers,
Stan H.

Answer by checkley77(12844)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
156/312=715/x
156x=312*715
156x=223,080
x=223,050/156
x=1,430 is the estimated number of deer in the preserve.

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