Question

A wildlife group is trying to determine how many wild hogs are in a certain area. They trapped, tagged, and released 20 wild hogs. Later, they counted 8 wild hogs out of the 40 they saw.

What can the wildlife group estimate is the total population of wild hogs in that area

A. 80
B. 90
C. 100
D. 16

Answer 1

The correct answer is 16

Explanation:

Answer 2

C. 100

Explanation:

Assuming that the proportion of tagged hogs in the population is the same as the proportion of tagged hogs in the sample that was later observed, we can set up a proportion to estimate the total population of wild hogs:

tagged hogs in population / total population = tagged hogs in sample / size of sample

We know that 20 wild hogs were tagged and released, and that 8 out of 40 hogs observed were tagged. So we can plug these numbers into the proportion and solve for the total population:

20 / total population = 8 / 40

Simplifying this equation, we get:

total population = (20 * 40) / 8 = 100

Therefore, the wildlife group can estimate that the total population of wild hogs in the area is 100. Answer choice C is correct.

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