SOLUTION: Biologists tagged 76 fish in a lake on January 1. On February​ 1, they returned and collected a random sample of 52 ​fish, 13 of which had been previously tagged. On th

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Question 1087777: Biologists tagged 76 fish in a lake on January 1. On February​ 1, they returned and collected a random sample of 52 ​fish, 13 of which had been previously tagged. On the basis of this​ experiment, approximately how many fish does the lake​ have?

There are approximately how many fish in the lake?
Answer by ikleyn(52781)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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The proportion associated with this problem is 

 = ,

where x is the unknown number of fish in the lake.


Solve it for x:  x =  = 304.


It is your answer.


It is well known problem on proportions.


See the lesson
    - Using proportions to estimate the number of fish in a lake
in this site.

The language, wording and the way on how the problem is formulated in this post makes me scared.

These dates Jan.1 and Feb.1 are absolutely irrelevant.

It is not for the first time I see this formulation in the forum, so badly formulated.


Unfortunately . . .


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