Homework Help: math

Posted by kirk on Thursday, August 12, 2010 at 1:34am.

An estimate of the fish population of a certain pond was
found by catching 200 fish and marking and returning
them to the pond. The next day, 300 fish were caught, of
which 50 had been marked the previous day. Estimate
the fish population of the pond.

math - Reiny, Thursday, August 12, 2010 at 7:46am
solve
x/200 = 300/50, where x is the number of fish
math - kidA29, Sunday, August 15, 2010 at 5:02pm
1200

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