Problema Solution

a game warden catches, tags, and the releases 15 zebras. a month later, a sample of 20 zebras is collected and 5 of them have tags. use this information to estimate the size of the zebra population in that area.

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The zebra population in that area is x


The equation is


15/5 = x/20


So


x = (15*20)/5


x = 60


So zebra population in that area is 60.