Question

Patrick wants to estimate the number of rabbits on his university campus. One day he catches 25 rabbits. He puts a tag on each rabbit. He then releases the rabbits back onto the university campus. The next day he catches 16 rabbits. 5 of the rabbits he catches on the second day have a tag on them. Assuming that there is a fixed population size for the rabbits and that he catches the rabbits in a random way, work out an estimate for the total number of rabbits on the university campus.

Answer 1

Answer:51

Step-by-step explanation:because , first it was 16 , and the next day was 25 , so 16 +25 it’s 51 , in this case 5 don’t care