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# Catch a sample of the population (e.g. birds, whales, crickets)

# Count how many are in your sample (=A)

# Tag them all so that you will recognise them if you see them again # Let them go # Leave enough time for them to mix in with the rest of the population # Catch another sample of the population (=B)

# Count at how many are tagged from before (=T)

The population size is then estimated by calculating

A X B / T

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