SOLUTION: Bear population. To estimate the size of the bear population, conservationists captured, tagged and released 50 bears. One year later, a random sample of 100 bears included only 2
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: Bear population. To estimate the size of the bear population, 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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Answer by checkley75(3666) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
50/2=X/100
2X=50*100
2X=5,000
X=5,000/2
X=2,500 IS THE ESTIMATED POPULATION OF BEARS.
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