document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=887322>Question 887322</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A conservationist wants to estimate the number of trout in a lake. He begins by catching and tagging <BR>\n" );
document.write( "100 trout. A week later, he catches 50 trout and finds that 17 of them are trout that he tagged. What <BR>\n" );
document.write( "will be his estimation of the number of trout 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 #536571 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><B>josgarithmetic(39617)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><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/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=536571\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> This is a dilution problem, and you could think of it as a proportion.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The units are included in the proportion, so without those units, this is<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Solve for P. </SPAN>\n" );
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