To determine the number of deer in a game preserve, a conservationist catches 443, tags them and then lets them loose. Later, 528 deer are caught and 176 are tagged. How many deer are in the preserve?
What formula do I use to find the answer to this?
Thank you for helping if you can.
176 is 1/3 of 528.
We can assume, then, that the total number of deer is 3 times 443 = 1329.
To determine the number of deer in the game preserve, you can use a simple proportion:
Number of tagged deer / Total deer caught = Number of tagged deer initially / Total deer in the preserve
Let's plug in the given values:
Number of tagged deer = 176 (from the question)
Total deer caught = 528 (from the question)
Number of tagged deer initially = 443 (from the question)
Total deer in the preserve = ?
Using the formula, we can solve for the unknown value:
176 / 528 = 443 / X
To find X, we can cross-multiply:
176 * X = 528 * 443
Now, divide both sides of the equation by 176:
X = (528 * 443) / 176
Calculating this expression will give you the number of deer in the game preserve.