Question

The owners of a golf course hired a company to determine how many squirrels were living on their property. First, the company put marks on 22 squirrels. Later, the company returned and counted a total of 220 squirrels, of which 11 were marked. To the nearest whole number, what is the best estimate for the squirrel population?

Answer 1

Squirrel population is 440 squirrels.

Explanation:

It is given that there are 22 squirrels are marked.

Later the company returned and counted a total of 220 squirrels of which are marked were 11.

So, we can set up proportional equation to find the squirrel population.

Let squirrel population is x.

We can set up proportional equation as

`(11)/(220)=(22)/(x)`

Cross multiply

11 x=4840

Divide both sides by 11

x=440

Best estimate is 440.