SOLUTION: Game wardens use experiments to help determine the number of fish in a lake. Suppose 60 fish are caught, tagged, and released back into the lake. Two weeks later, 60 fish are caugh

Question 25562: Game wardens use experiments to help determine the number of fish in a lake. Suppose 60 fish are caught, tagged, and released back into the lake. Two weeks later, 60 fish are caught, of which 3 are found to have tags. Using this information, estimate the number of fish in the lake
Answer by rapaljer(4671) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let x = number of fish in the lake.

Set up a ratio

R^2 at SCC
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