Presumably, the same percentage of seals was tagged as was found in the later sample. So,
6982/x = 245/700
An island has 12 fur seal rookeries (breeding places). To estimate the fur seal pup population in Rookery A, 6982 fur seal pups were tagged in early August. In late August, a sample of 700 pups was observed, and 245 these were found to have been previously tagged. Use a proportion to estimate the total number of fur seal pups in Rookery A.
The estimated total number of fur seal pups in Rookery A is____.
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