document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=495353>Question 495353</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> 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 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Let population be \"x\":<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x/(captured and tagged) = (caught including tagged)/(tagged of those caught)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x/19 = 30/4<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x = 19*15/2 = 143 when rounded up<BR>\n" );
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