document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=203354>Question 203354</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Bear population. To estimate the size of the bear<BR>\n" );
document.write( "population on the Keweenaw Peninsula, conservationists<BR>\n" );
document.write( "captured, tagged, and released 50 bears. One year later, a<BR>\n" );
document.write( "random sample of 100 bears included only 2 tagged bears.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "What is the conservationist&#8217;s estimate of the size of the<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I think the ratio is something like 50 to 2 but when I try to work this out<BR>\n" );
document.write( "it does not make sense.  </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #153424 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=scott8148><B>scott8148(6628)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=scott8148><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=scott8148><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=153424\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> they sampled 100 bears and found 2 tagged ones\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "this means that they sampled 2/50 of the tagged population,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "and by extension, 2/50 of the entire population\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "if 2/50 of the population is 100, then the population is 100/(2/50) or 2500 </SPAN>\n" );
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