Given the following information, how large was the deer population in that area? If the carrying capacity is 95, should she authorize any hunting permits? Assuming one deer per permit, how many should she authorize?

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A wildlife biologist wanted to estimate the size of a deer population because farmers were complaining that the deer were destroying their crops. She trapped, tagged and released 28 deer in June. In August, she trapped a total of 70 deer. 27 of these had tagged ears.

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Answer 1 · 2018-02-08T23:00:50

#71;# no hunting permits

#28# deer were trapped in June.

In August, #27# of the deer had tagged ears. This means that they were a part of the #28# deer captured in June.

Only #1# deer was not captured in August. This deer was tagged.

#28 + 70 - 27 = 71#

#71 < 95#

this means that no hunting permits should be issued.