A population of deer is sampled. 25 deer are caught and tagged. Two months later, the researchers return and find that

4 of the 16 deer they observe have tags. This would suggest a total population size of what number? Explain your answer. What will be an ideal response?


ANSWER: When the researchers returned, 25% of the deer they observed had tags. This suggests that
they tagged 25% of the total population. Therefore, the total population would be 25 times 4
for a total of 100 deer.

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