Question: How do you get to that answer in full depth? Written out and explained An island has 12 fur seal rookeries (breeding places). To estimate

How do you get to that answer in full depth? Written out and explained

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An island has 12 fur seal rookeries (breeding places). To estimate the fur seal pup population in Rookery A, 4923 fur seal pups were tagged in early August. In late August, a sample of 900 pups was observed, and 264 of these were found to have been previously tagged. Use a proportion to estimate the total number of fur seal pups in Rookery A. The estimated total number of fur seal pups in Rookery A is 16,783 (Round to the nearest whole number.)

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