document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1114139>Question 1114139</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> 200 bass are caught, tagged, and released in a lake.  The mark-recover method is based on that T is directly proportional to n.  10 tagged are recovered from a sample of 300. Estimate the total number of bass in lake.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "T = number of tagged.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "n = a sample caught.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Not sure how to solve.  Non-homework.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "After 200 bass are caught, tagged, and released, 300 bass are caught and 10 of them are tagged. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "So approximately 1 out of every 30 bass (10 out of 300) in the lake are tagged.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Since 200 bass were tagged, a good estimate of the number of bass in the lake is 200*30 = 6000.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Formally, since the number tagged is (approximately) proportional to the number caught, a good estimate of the number x of bass in the lake is<br><BR>\n" );
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