4. Rangers in Montana wanted to estimate the number of elk in a certain area. They tagged 20
elk one Saturday and sent them back to mix with the other elk in the area. The rangers went back
once a month for the next three months and recorded the following.
Month 1 Month 2 Month 3
4
6
12
Tagged elk in sample
Total elk in sample
7
10
18
a. Estimate the size of the elk population for each month.
Month 1:
Month 2 =
Month 3
