Homework Help: Math

Posted by Kirk on Thursday, March 25, 2010 at 10:28am.

Use the tagging and recapturing technique to estimate the number of fish in a pond. Suppose 140 fish
were captured, tagged, and released. Then 50 fish were recaptured and among them 20 were found to be
tagged. Estimate the number of fish in the lake.

Math - PsyDAG, Friday, March 26, 2010 at 12:44pm
20/50 = 140/x

Solve for x.

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