document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=595685>Question 595685</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Please someone help!This is confusing. I do not know how to solve.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "To determine the number of deer in a game preserve a conservationist catches 790 deer, tags them and lets them go. Later 314 deer are captured; 157 of them are tagged. How many deer are in the game preserve? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "            preserve\r\n" );
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document.write( "tagged =>   790             157\r\n" );
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document.write( "total  =>    x              314\r\n" );
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document.write( "Just solve this proportion. (I suggest that you reduce the 2nd fraction (to 1/2) first.) </SPAN>\n" );
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