Step-by-step explanation:
A team of biologists tagged 48 seals off the coast of an island.
later they captured a sample of seals from the same area and 15% of them had tags.
Estimate the total number of seals.
15 : 100 : : 48 : x
x
=4,800/15
=320
The total number of seals is about 320.
I hope it's helpful!