7. Researchers captured and tagged 45 deer before releasing them back into their habitat. Several months later the researchers returned and captured 30 deer, 8 of which had tags. Use this information to estimate the total deer population for this area.

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Holly Tucker

9 May, 02:54

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Sage Jarvis · Answer 1

P/45=30/8 multiply both sides by 45

p=1350/8

p=168.75

p≈169 (as deer can only be integer units : P)