An island has 12 fur seal rookeries (breeding places). To estimate the fur seal pup...

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An island has 12 fur seal rookeries (breeding places). To estimate the fur seal pup population in Rookery A, 4416 fur seal pups were tagged in early August. In late August, a sample of 500 pups was observed, and 350 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

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