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Question 400700: To determine the number of deer in a game preserve, a conservationist catches 300 deer, tags them and lets them loose. Later, 300 deer are caught, 165 of them are tagged. How many deer are in the preserve? Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! To determine the number of deer in a game preserve, a conservationist catches 300
deer, tags them and lets them loose.
Later, 300 deer are caught, 165 of them are tagged. How many deer are in the preserve?
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Write a ratio equation: let d = actual number of deer: =
165d = 300 * 300
165d = 90000
d =
d = 545 deer
