Question

The hunters in dufferin county want to estimate the number of deer in the region. they catch and tag 58 deer at the beginning of the year. later on they catch 40 deer and find 6 of them have tags.

a. use this information to estimate the number of deer in dufferin county.

Answer 1

In the second sample 6/40 had tags.
Assuming it represents the whole population then 58/total population = 6/40
6 x total = 58 x 40
total population = 58 x 40 / 6 = 387 so around 400