SOLUTION: A team of biologist captured and "tagged" 19 fish from Antler Lake. The biologists came back a month later and captured 30 fish. They found that only 4 of those fish had "tags". Us

Question 495353: A team of biologist captured and "tagged" 19 fish from Antler Lake. The biologists came back a month later and captured 30 fish. They found that only 4 of those fish had "tags". Use proportions to estimate the population of fish in Antler lake
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A team of biologists captured and "tagged" 19 fish from Antler Lake. The biologists came back a month later and captured 30 fish. They found that only 4 of those fish had "tags". Use proportions to estimate the population of fish in Antler lake
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Let population be "x":
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x/(captured and tagged) = (caught including tagged)/(tagged of those caught)
x/19 = 30/4
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x = 19*15/2 = 143 when rounded up
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Cheers,
Stan H.

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