Inactive Tutor answered • 09/24/17
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50 tagged/x, # fish overall = 5/90 at sampling time 2 weeks later.
x = 900 ... a likely estimate.
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asked • 09/24/17Estimate the number of trout in the lake. Please help me!
. Game wardens use experiments to help determine the number of trout in a lake. Suppose 50 trout are caught, tagged, and released back into the lake. Two weeks later 90 trout are caught, of which 5 are found to have tags. Estimate the number of trout in the lake.
Please help me!..Thank you!
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