SOLUTION: a fisheries and wildlife officer released 200 tagged trout into a lake. a week later the officer took a sample of 50 trout from the lake and found that 8 of them were tagged. the o

Question 1082490: a fisheries and wildlife officer released 200 tagged trout into a lake. a week later the officer took a sample of 50 trout from the lake and found that 8 of them were tagged. the officer can use this information to estimate the population of trout in the lake. how may trout can be estimated to be in the lake
Answer by josgarithmetic(39625) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
p, how many trout in the lake

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