While doing research on a lake, biologists tagged 200 walleye. Later, they captured 160 walleye, of which 16 had tags. What is the BEST estimate for the walleye population?
Responses
A 2,6002,600
B 2,0002,000
C 3,0003,000
D 2,3002,300
Using the capture-recapture method, we can estimate the population as:
(200/16) = (x/160)
Solving for x, we get:
x = (200/16) * 160
x = 2,000
Therefore, the best estimate for the walleye population is B) 2,000.