Question 177118
to estimate the size of the bear population on the Keweenaw Peninsula,conservationist 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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The tagged bears that are released are like a model population.
The proportion is like this:
bunch/caught = bunch/caught
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[Real pop/50] = [100/2]
# pop = 50(100/2) = 50^2 = 2500
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Cheers,
Stan H.