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Recently, frogs have been disappearing from the wild due to a contagious fungus. To monitor the current population in a certain region, Emma collects 60 frogs, marks them, and releases them. Later, she collects 300 frogs and finds that 18 of them are marked.

What is the best estimate for the frog population?

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Answer:

prob. around 5,000 frogs are left in the world

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