Question

Tony wants to estimate the number of bees in a beehive. He catches 100 bees from the hive and marks each one with a dye. He then lets the bees go. The next day, tony catches 60 bees from the hive. 15 of these bees have been marked with dye. A) using this information what is a good estimate for the number of bees in the beehive.

Answer 1

Number of total bees = 400

Explanation:

He catches 100 bees from the hive and marks each one with a dye.

He later catches 60 and 15 were marked with the dye.

Its very to estimate from the data given.

I'll answer it with ratio.

We'll ratio number of bees with dye to total he caught the second day.

I.e 15:60 = 1:4

We'll multiply this ratio with the number he caught the first day to know the total.

1/4x =100

X = 100*4

X= 400

Where x is the total number of bees in the bee hive.