Problema Solution

a game warden catches, tags, and then releases 15 zebras. A month later, a sample of 20 zebras is collected and 6 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

15/6 = x/20

So

x = 50

So zebra population in that area is 50