SOLUTION: To estimate the population in a rookery, 4965 fur seals were captured and tagged in early August. In late August, 900 fur seal pups were captured. Of these, 218 had been tagged. Ba

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Question 608636: To estimate the population in a rookery, 4965 fur seals were captured and tagged in early August. In late August, 900 fur seal pups were captured. Of these, 218 had been tagged. Based on these figures, estimate the population of fur seal pups in the rookery to the nearest hundred.
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Can't answer this with the information given. How many of the 4965 tagged fur seals were pups?

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