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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