Suppose researchers marked 100 kangaroo rats and returned them to their desert grassland habitat. Later, the same team trapped a total of 500 individuals in that kangaroo rat population, of which 50 were marked. What is the estimate for total population size? 10 kangaroo rats 500 kangaroo rats 1000 kangaroo rats 1500 kangaroo rats 5000 kangaroo rats
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