Bear poplulation.

[kelly1]

Another word problem! Any help is greatly appreciated!

Conversationists captured, tagged, and released 50 bears. One year later, a random sample of 100 bears included only 2 tagged bears. What is the conversationist's estimate of the size of the bear population?

 

[stapel]

Set up the ratio (tagged)/(total). Solve the proportion.

If you get stuck, please reply showing the variables you have chosen, what they stand for, the ratios you have built, the proportion you constructed, and how far you got in the solving process.

Thank you.

Eliz.