SOLUTION: To estimate the size of the bear population on the Keweenaw Peninsula, conservationalists captured, tagged and released 50 bears. one year later, a random sample of 100 bears inclu

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Question 141434This question is from textbook Elementary and Intermediate Algebra
: To estimate the size of the bear population on the Keweenaw Peninsula, conservationalists captured, tagged and released 50 bears. one year later, a random sample of 100 bears included only 2 tagged bears. What is the conservationalists estimate of the size of the bear population?
Any help will be appreciated. Thanks, Anne This question is from textbook Elementary and Intermediate Algebra

Answer by scott8148(6628) About Me  (Show Source):
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2% (2/100) of the random sample had tags

so the assumption is that 2% of the population is tagged

50 bears were tagged __ so if 50 is 2%; the population is 2500 (50/.02)