SOLUTION: Biologists tag 82 fish into a lake. Later, they return and collect a random sample of 42 fish, of which 14 had been previously tagged. Approximately how many fish does the lake h

Question 962498: Biologists tag 82 fish into a lake. Later, they return and collect a random sample of 42 fish, of which 14 had been previously tagged. Approximately how many fish does the lake have?

Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
This is a Proportion problem. The ratio of tagged fish to total fish is the same for the sample taken to check and for the whole lake's worth of fish.

(total tagged fish)/( lake population )=(tagged sample)/(total sample)

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