SOLUTION: A man caught 100 fish and he tagged them and threw them back in the lake. He later caught 75 fish and of them 12 had tags. What is the population of the fish in the lake?

Question 285874: A man caught 100 fish and he tagged them and threw them back in the lake. He later caught 75 fish and of them 12 had tags. What is the population of the fish in the lake?
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
A man caught 100 fish and he tagged them and threw them back in the lake. He later caught 75 fish and of them 12 had tags. What is the population of the fish in the lake?
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population count/caught & tagged = total # caught/ # tagged
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population count/100 = 75/12
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population count = 100(75/12)
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pop count = 625
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Cheers,
Stan H.

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