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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document.write( "I have 4 answers to choose from, but do not know how to set up the problem in order to get the answer. Thanks \n" );
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Algebra.Com's Answer #247294 by checkley77(12844)![]() ![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! 15/x=2/15 cross multiply \n" ); document.write( "2x=15*15 \n" ); document.write( "2x=225x=225/2 \n" ); document.write( "x=112.5 fish in the pond. \n" ); document.write( " |