SOLUTION: To estimate the size of the bear population of a park, conservationists captured, tagged, and released 50 bears. One year later, a random sample of 100 bears included only 2 tagged

Question 248755: To estimate the size of the bear population of a park, 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 scott8148(6628) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
the sample included 4% (2/50) of the tagged bears

so the assumption is that the sample represents 4% of the population

.04 p = 100 ___ p = 2500
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