10. A population of N animals has had a certain number a of its members captured, marked,...

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10. A population of N animals has had a certain number a of its members captured, marked, and then released. Show that the probability Pn that it is necessary to capture n animals in order to obtain m which have been marked is Pn =

a N



a − 1 m − 1



N − a n − m



N − 1 n − 1



,

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Probability An Introduction

ISBN: 9780198709978

2nd Edition

Authors: Geoffrey Grimmett, Dominic Welsh

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