SOLUTION: To determine the number if deer in a game preserve, a conservationist catches 302 deer, tags them and lets them loose. Later, 324 deer are caught; 162 of them are tagged. How many
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Question 307706: To determine the number if deer in a game preserve, a conservationist catches 302 deer, tags them and lets them loose. Later, 324 deer are caught; 162 of them are tagged. How many deer are in the preserve? Answer by Earlsdon(6294) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! This a "capture-recapture" problem. Scientists often use the "capture-recapture" method to determine the number of fish in lake or the number of deer in game preserve, for example.
Original number captured/Total number (x) = Total number tagged/Total number recaptured. Solve for x. so...
There are 604 deer in the game preserve.
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