Problema Solution
To determine the number of deer in a game preserve, a game warden catches 324 deer,tags them, and lets them loose. Later, 84 deer are caught;28 of them have tags. Estimate the number of deer in preserve
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Since 28 of the 84 deer that were later caught were among those originally tagged, the ratio 28/84 estimates the percentage of the deer in the preserve. We can then translate to a proportion:
324 / d = 28 / 84
d = (324 * 84) / 28
d = 972
There are about 972 deer in preserve.