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A computer tracking chip company wants to test their chips. They marked 32 birds by attaching computer chips to their legs. Later on, they catch 440 birds, 10 of which are marked with computer chips attached to them. They provided this data to animal welfare authorities to estimate the bird population. What is the best estimate of the bird population?

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32/p=10/440

10p=14080

p=1408

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