Question

a fish and game warden captures and tags 66 deer in a local forest. A month later he catches 100 deer and finds that 17 of them are tagged estimate the actual number of deer in the forest

Answer 1

Question:

A fish and game warden captures and tags 66 deer in a local forest. A month later he captures 100 deer and finds that 17 of them are tagged. Estimate the actual number of deer in the forest. (1 point)

149

1,022

578

389

Answer:

389 = D

Answer 2

Assumption: the proportion of deer tagged in the total population = the proportion of deer tagged in the 100 deer catches one month later

66 / x = 17 / 100 =>x = 66 * 100 / 17 = 388.24

x ≈ 388

Answer: 388