Question 9 • EF Math 12 1st Nine Weeks
The tagged bears make up 2 out of 21 bears sighted, so estimate the same fraction of the whole population was tagged. Set up 12 ÷ N = 2 ÷ 21, where N is the population size. Solving gives N = 12 × 21 ÷ 2 = 126. The best answer is 126 grizzly bears.
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