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Game wardens use experiments to help determine the number of deer in the state of North Carolina. Suppose 120 deer are caught, tagged, and released into the wild. A month later, 800 deer are caught with 16 found to have tags. Using this information, estimate the number of deer in North Carolina.

A50
B500
C600
D6,000

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meerkat18

Given;
120 deer tagged
800 deer caught
16 out of 800 deer caught have tags

This is a proportion problem

a/b = c/d where ac = bd

16/800 = 120/d
16d = 800*120
16d = 96,000
d = 96,000 / 16
d = 6,000

The estimate number of deer in North Carolina is D. 6,000

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