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Scientists captured, tagged, and released 20 crows as part of a research study. A week later, they counted 250 crows, of which 10 had tags. To the nearest whole number, what is the best estimate for the crow population?

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answer - 500!

based on the given conditions, formulate 20 x 250 +
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