document.write( "Question 860152: A researcher catches 60 fish from different locations in the lake. He then tags the fish and puts them back in the lake. Two weeks later, the researcher catches 40 fish from the same locations. 8 of these 40 fish are tagged. Predict the number of fish in the lake.
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document.write( "Hi,
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document.write( "Let x represent the number of fish in the lake
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document.write( "     8x = 2400
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document.write( "      x = 300, the number of fish in the lake    \n" );
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