Question

A fish and game warden captures and tags 66 deer in a local forest. A month later he captures 100 deer and that 17 of them are tagged. Estimate the actual number of deer in the forest.
A) 149 B)1,022 C) 578 D) 389

Answer 1

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Answer 2

We can begin by setting up a proportion. Let x be the actual number of deer in the forest:

66/x = 17/100

To solve for x, we can cross-multiply and simplify:

66 * 100 = 17 * x

6600 = 17x

x = 6600/17

x ≈ 388.24

Since we can't have a fraction of a deer, we should round our answer to the nearest whole number. Therefore, the estimated actual number of deer in the forest is 389. The answer is (D).

Answer 3

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