SOLUTION: a fisheries and wildlife officer released 200 tagged trout into a lake. a week later the officer took a sample of 50 trout from the lake and found that 8 of them were tagged. the o

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Question 1082490: a fisheries and wildlife officer released 200 tagged trout into a lake. a week later the officer took a sample of 50 trout from the lake and found that 8 of them were tagged. the officer can use this information to estimate the population of trout in the lake. how may trout can be estimated to be in the lake
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p, how many trout in the lake

200%2Fp=8%2F50

p%2F200=50%2F8

p=200%2A50%2F8
Simplify.