Basic College Mathematics
13th Edition
ISBN: 9780134689623
Author: BITTINGER, Marvin L., BEECHER, Judith A., Johnson, Barbara L. (barbara Loreen)
Publisher: Pearson Higher Education,
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Chapter 5.4, Problem 29E
Estimating a Whak Population. To determine the number of humpback whales in a population, a marine biologist, using tail markings, identifies 27 individual whales. Several weeks later. 40 whales from the population are sighted at random. Of the 40 sighted. 12 are among the 27 originally identified. Estimate the number of whales in the population.
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