SOLUTION: Park Ranger catch, tag, and release 180 water buffalo into a wildfire refuge. Two weeks later they observe a sample of 120 buffalo. of which 6 are tagged assuming that ratio of tag

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Question 765514: Park Ranger catch, tag, and release 180 water buffalo into a wildfire refuge. Two weeks later they observe a sample of 120 buffalo. of which 6 are tagged assuming that ratio of tagged buffalo in the sample holds for all the buffalo in the refuge, How many baffalo are there in the park?
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) About Me  (Show Source):
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180/x = 6/120

180*120 = 6x

21600 = 6x

21600/6 = x

3600 = x

x = 3600

There are 3600 buffalo in the park