Extreme-Means Property and Ratio and Proportion
September 9th, 2022
Using Extreme-Means property, Solve each proportion (Four Problems)
45. Voting.
If 220 out of 500 voters surveyed said that they would vote for the incumbent, then how many votes could the incumbent expect out of the 400,000 voters in the state?
60. Bear Population.
To estimate the size of the bear population on the Keweenaw Peninsula, conservationists captured, tagged, and released 50 bears. One year later, a random sample of 100 bears included only 2 tagged bears. What is the conservationist’s estimate of the size of the bear population?
Please see the attached file for the fully formatted problems.