document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=170761>Question 170761</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> An environmental scientist wants to estimate the number of carp in a pond.  He captures 100 carp, tags all of them, and releases them.  A week later he captures 85 carp and records how many have tags.  His results are shown in the table.  Write and solve a proportion to estimate the number of carp in the pond.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Status.........Number Captured<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Tagged           20<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Not tagged       65 </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #126077 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=checkley77><B>checkley77(12844)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=checkley77><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=126077\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> 100/x=20/65 <BR>\n" );
document.write( "20x=6,500<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=6,500/20<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=325 is the estimated number of carp in the pond. </SPAN>\n" );
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