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3. Herald is keeping track of eagles. To do so,

he put tags on 25 eagles and released them.
Later, he catches 120 eagles; 16 eagles were
tagged. Find the best estimate for the Eagle
population?​

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4 votes

Answer:

188 eagles

Explanation

I would set a proportion for eagles

16/120 = 25/x

Which would equal

16x/16 = 3000/16

Which equals

187.50 which rounds to 188

The answer is 188 eagles

User Low Flying Pelican
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Answer:

the population is around 150-200 if im correct

User Kevin Brotcke
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