document.write( "Question 345811: A scientist wants to know how many fish are in a pond. He captures 15 and tags them and re-releases back into the pond. The next day he captures 15 more fish. Two of these have tags. How many fish are in the pond?\r
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Algebra.Com's Answer #247294 by checkley77(12844)\"\" \"About 
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15/x=2/15 cross multiply
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