Question

To determine the number of squirrels in a conservation area a researcher cashers tags and releases 114 squirrels you later catch is 97 squirrels and find the 33 of them I tagged about how many squirrels are in the conservation area.

Answer 1

Answer:

336 squirrels

Step-by-step explanation:

-This is a Mark-Recapture method.

-The population is estimated using the formula:

$N=\frac{MC}{R}$

where:

• N-is the estimated population size.
• M-is the number of individuals tagged
• C- is the total number captured the second time(both tagged and untagged)
• R-is the total number of tagged individuals recaptured.

#We substitute our values as follows to estimate N:

$N=\frac{MC}{R}\\\\=\frac{114\times 97}{33}\\\\=335.0909\approx336$

Hence, there are approximately 336 squirrels in the conservation area.

*population is always rounded up to the next whole number.