Problema Solution

To determine the size of a park's moose population, naturalists catch 69 moose, tag them, and then set them free. Months later 20 moose are caught, of which 15 have tags. Estimate the size of the moose population.

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let x = the size of the moose population


15 : 20 = 69 : x


by solving we find


x = 92 moose


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