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Researchers count 30 tagged zebras and 150 total zebras in an area of a game reserve. If researchers had previously tagged 80 total zebras at the game reserve, about how many total zebras live at the game reserve? Write a proportion to estimate the total population.

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30/150=80/x
30x=12,000
x=400
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