document.write( "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 \n" ); document.write( "

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Let x = number of fish in the lake.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Set up a ratio

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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " $\"60%2Fx=3%2F60\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"3x=+3600\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"x=+1200\"$ \r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "R^2 at SCC \n" ); document.write( "

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