document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=750299>Question 750299</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> An island has 12 fur seal rookeries (breeding places). To estimate the fur seal pup population in Rookery A, 5758 fur seal pups were tagged in early August. In late August, a sample of 1100 pups was observed, and 285 of these were found to have been previously tagged. Use a proportion to estimate the total number of fur seal pups in Rookery A.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The estimated total number of fur seal pups in Rookery A is ____. (Round to the nearest whole number.)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Additional instructions: Set up a proportion, and then use the cross products principle of proportions. If a/b=c/d, then ad=bc. Be sure to round to the nearest whole number. <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #456488 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><B>josgarithmetic(39617)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><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/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=456488\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> (285 tagged seals)/(1100 observed seals) found after the tagged ones during the tagging operation were mixed into the rest of the untagged seals.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Before the tagged seals were put into the collection of untagged seals,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(5758 tagged seals)/(U total seals)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "U is the population of seals.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Proportion arranged conveniently: <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=U%2F5758=1100%2F285 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"U%2F5758=1100%2F285\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >  <BR>\n" );
document.write( "U=22200 to the best of possible accuracy. </SPAN>\n" );
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