SOLUTION: use a proportion to determine the number of trout in a lake, a conservationist catches 112 trout, tags them and returns them to the lake. Later, 82 trout are caught, and 32 of the
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: use a proportion to determine the number of trout in a lake, a conservationist catches 112 trout, tags them and returns them to the lake. Later, 82 trout are caught, and 32 of them are found to be tagged. How many trout are in the lake?
This question is from textbook Survey of Math
Answer by user_dude2008(1862) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
112/x=32/82
112=(32/82)x
112(82/32)=x
Answer: x=287...287 trout in lake
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