document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1087777>Question 1087777</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Biologists tagged 76 fish in a lake on January 1. On February&#8203; 1, they returned and collected a random sample of 52 &#8203;fish, 13 of which had been previously tagged. On the basis of this&#8203; experiment, approximately how many fish does the lake&#8203; have?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "There are approximately how many fish in the lake? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "The proportion associated with this problem is \r\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=76%2Fx ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"76%2Fx\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=13%2F52 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"13%2F52\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >,\r\n" );
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document.write( "where x is the unknown number of fish in the lake.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Solve it for x:  x = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%2876%2A52%29%2F13 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%2876%2A52%29%2F13\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > = 304.\r\n" );
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document.write( "It is your answer.\r\n" );
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document.write( "It is well known problem on proportions.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "See the lesson\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;- <A  rel=nofollow HREF=http://www.algebra.com/algebra/homework/proportions/lessons/Using-proportions-to-estimate-the-number-of-fish-in-a-lake.lesson>Using proportions to estimate the number of fish in a lake</A>\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "in this site.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The language, wording and the way on how the problem is formulated in this post makes me scared.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "These dates Jan.1 and Feb.1 are absolutely irrelevant.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "It is not for the first time I see this formulation in the forum, so badly formulated.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Unfortunately . . . \r<BR>\n" );
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