SOLUTION: A fisheries research team tagged 100fish in the lake.later they caughtb260fish and found that 13were tagged.Estimate the total number of fish in the lake.

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Question 1036882: A fisheries research team tagged 100fish in the lake.later they caughtb260fish and found that 13were tagged.Estimate the total number of fish in the lake.
Answer by jorel555(1290) About Me  (Show Source):
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If n represents the total amount of fish in the lake; then the representative sample is 100/n. If 13 fish out of 260 caught fish are tagged, then:
100/n=13/260;
13n=26000
n=2000
There are approximately 2000 fish in the lake!!!!!!!!!!!!