document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=110988>Question 110988</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Biologists collected a sample of 600 fish form Lake Marie on May 1st and tagged each of them. When they returned on June 1st, a new sample of 800 fish was collected and 10 of these had been previosuly tagged. Use this experiment to approximate fish popultion of Lake Linda.  </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Let Real population be \"x\" fish.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Proportion:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Real pop/sample = tagged pop/tagged sample<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x/600 = 800/10<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 600*800/10 <BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 48,000 fish<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H. </SPAN>\n" );
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