A naturalist in the Galapagos Islands is evaluating the population of seals on the islands. Initially she catches 200 seals and tags all of them. A month later she finds 80 seals and 25 of them are tagged. From this information, she can estimate the population on the islands as: a. 200 b. 80 c. 20000 d. 640
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Step 1: Set up the proportion using the information given: \[\frac{200}{x} = \frac{80}{25}\] where x is the total population of seals on the islands. Show more…
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