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Recently, bats have been disappearing from the wild due to a contagious fungus. To monitor the current population in a certain region, Troy collects 78 bats, marks them, and releases them. Later, Troy collects 600 bats, and finds that 39 of them are marked. To the nearest whole number, what is the best estimate for the bat population?

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User Xsee
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Answer:

1200 bats

Explanation:

78 - 39 = 39

600 x 2 = 1200(bats).

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