Solving Proportions

MAT 222 Week 1 Assignment

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A proportion is a name we give to a statement that two ratios are equal.

Proportions exist in many real-world applications, such as finding unit price or estimating an animal population. By comparing data from at least two experiments, conservationists are able to predict patterns of animal increase or decrease.

Bear population.To estimate the size of the bear population on the Keweenaw Peninsula, conservationists captured, tagged, and released 50 bears. One year later, a random sample of 100 bears included only 2 tagged bears. What is the conservationist's estimate of the size of the bear population?

In reading over the "Capture-Recapture" method in #56 on page 437, the concept of proportions allows the assumption the ratio of...