An island has 12 fur seal rookeries (breeding places). to estimate the fur seal pup population in rookery a, 6048 6048 fur seal pups were tagged in early august. in late august, a sample of 1200 1200 pups was observed, and 217 217 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

The estimated total number of fur seal pups in Rookery A is 1100.

Step-by-step explanation:

Let the total number of fur seal pups in Rookery A be 'x'.

Number of fur seal pup population in Rookery A = 6048

if the number of sample pups = 1200

Number of fur seal pups among them = 217

So, Using this proportion, we get that

So, the estimated total number of fur seal pups in Rookery A is 1100.

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