Question

the richmond park gamekeeper wanted to know how many deer were in the park . he caught 90 of them and put a small tag round a hoof of each of them . He then let the deer go back into the park the next week, the gamekeeper caught 70 deer. 10 of the deer had a tag around their hooves a) using this information, what estimate did the gamekeeper make for how many deer were in the park? b) write down one assumption he made

Answer 1

a. Since 10 out of 70 had a tag we can write the ratio 10:70. We need to solve for x in 90:x. x = 630 so the answer is 630.

b. An assumption he could have made is that the number of deer that had a tag and the total amount of deer were directly proportional.