Question 77390: To estimate the size of the bear population on the Keweenaw Peninsula, conservationists captured, tagged, and released 50 bears. One year later, a random sample of 100 bears included only 2 tagged bears. What is the conservationist's estimate of the size of the bear population?
Answer by stanbon(75887)   (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! To estimate the size of the bear population on the Keweenaw Peninsula, conservationists captured, tagged, and released 50 bears. One year later, a random sample of 100 bears included only 2 tagged bears. What is the conservationist's estimate of the size of the bear population?
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Let "x" be the number in the population.
real population/sample caught = released population/sample caught
x/100=50/2
x=2500 bears
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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