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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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