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Question 6

Ravina wants to find an estimate for the number of birds in a sanctuary.

She catches a sample of 80 birds in the sanctuary and tags each of these birds.
These birds are then released back into the sanctuary.

The next day she catches a sample of 60 birds in the sanctuary.

Ravina has tagged 15 of these birds.

a.

Write 1560\displaystyle \frac{15}{60}6015​ in its simplest form.

[1]
b.

Hence, work out an estimate for the number of birds in the sanctuary.

Write down an assumption you have made.

[3]
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