document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=962360>Question 962360</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> In a capture-recapture study, a biologist tagged and released 320 deer. A month later she captured 40 deer, 20 of which had tags. About how many deer were in the population? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Use a proportion::<BR>\n" );
document.write( "population/caught = # tagged/(tagged that are caught<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "n/320 = 40/20<BR>\n" );
document.write( "n = 320*2 = 640 (# in the population)<BR>\n" );
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