SOLUTION: You spotted 22 fish and tagged them. The next week you spotted 21 fish and only seven were tagged. How many fish are in the river.

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Question 166201: You spotted 22 fish and tagged them. The next week you spotted 21 fish and only seven were tagged. How many fish are in the river.
Answer by jojo14344(1513) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!

If those 2 visits you had are the basis of the number of fishes in the river, then
Total=Tagged%2BNotTagged
Total=22%2B%2821-7%29=22%2B14
Total=36fishes, Answer
Thank you,
Jojo