document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=585859>Question 585859</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A conservationist caught and tagged 86 trout. A person fishing caught 20 trout, 10 of which were tagged. How many fish can the conservationist expect to be in the lake? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #373730 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=KMST><B>KMST(5328)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=KMST><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/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=KMST><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=373730\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> If half of the fish caught are tagged, the conservationist will estimate that about half of all the fish in the lake were tagged. And if he is the only one that's been tagging them, then half of the trout in the lake was 86 (before the fisherman started fishing). So there must have been about <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=2%2A86=172 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"2%2A86=172\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > trout in the lake. If the guy who caught them does not throw them back, now there are 20 less, for an estimate of <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=172-20=152 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"172-20=152\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > trout in the lake. </SPAN>\n" );
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