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The New Mexico Division of Fish and Wildlife keeps track of the silvery minnow population in the Rio Grande River. They tagged 54 silvery minnows and released them. A week later, they captured 62 silvery minnows, including 12 tagged silvery minnows. What is a good estimate of the silvery minnow population in the Rio Grande River?

Answer 1

Answer: There are 104 silvery minnow population in the Rio Grande River.

Explanation:

Since we have given that

Number of tagged silvery minnows = 54

Number of captured silvery minnows = 62

It includes 12 tagged silvery minnows.

So, Number of silvery minnows without tags = 62 -12 =50

So, Good estimate of the silvery minnow population in the Rio Grande River would be

`54+50\\\\=104`

Hence, there are 104 silvery minnow population in the Rio Grande River.