Mat 222 Week 1 Solving Proportions

Week 1 Assignment Solving ProportionsApril Wise-RussMAT 222Instructor: RobbMarch 2, 2014Week 1 Assignment Solving ProportionsI would have to say that this week has been a struggle for me in Mat 222. I know that I am learning, I just struggle with making errors and understanding it all, I know it just takes time and lots of practice, but it is hard when you want to get a good grade and make sure the problem is right. With that said this weeks assignment was to work on problem #56 on page 437, and problem # 10 on page 444. Below is my work on the problems. My first problem is on the subject 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?The ratio of originally tagged Bear to the whole population is 50/xNow I will take the population size and solve for x 50/x=2/100 This is the proportion set up and