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document.write( "To determine the number of deer in a game preserve, a conservationist catches 856 deer, tags them and lets them go. Later 486 deer are caught, 162 of them are tagged. How many deer are in the preserve? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Let the population be \"x\".<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x/856 = 486/162<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x = 1568<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H. </SPAN>\n" );
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