Problema Solution
A batch of 24 deer was captured,tagged, and returned to the forest. A week later, the experts went back to the same forest,captured 30 deer, and of those,7 were tagged. Estimate the population of deer living in this forest.
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let x = the population of deer living in this forest
24/x = 7/30
by solving we find:
x = 103 deer
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About 103 deer live in the forest.