document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1196255>Question 1196255</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> To determine the number of  in a lake ​, a conservationist  catches 450 trout's  ​, tags​ them, and releases them. Later 88  are​ caught, and it is found that 45 of them are tagged. Assuming that the proportion of tagged  in the second sample was the same as the proportion of tagged  in the total​ population, estimate the number of  in the lake. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "To determine the number of <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=highlight%28trouts%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"highlight%28trouts%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > in a lake ​, a conservationist catches 450 <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=highlight%28trouts%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"highlight%28trouts%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >​, tags​ them, and releases them. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "Later 88 <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=highlight%28trouts%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"highlight%28trouts%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > are​ caught, and it is found that 45 of them are tagged. Assuming that the proportion of tagged <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=highlight%28trouts%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"highlight%28trouts%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "in the second sample was the same as the proportion of tagged <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=highlight%28trouts%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"highlight%28trouts%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >in the total​ population, <BR>\n" );
document.write( "estimate the number of <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=highlight%28trouts%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"highlight%28trouts%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > in the lake.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "See the lesson\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Find there several other similar solved problems.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "As I understand from the post, the word <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=highlight%28trout%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"highlight%28trout%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > is a variable value in the source,\r<BR>\n" );
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