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solve "in muddy lake, 600 fish were tagged. later, 12 out 480 fish were found tagged. about how many fish are in the lake?"
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solve "in muddy lake, 600 fish were tagged. later, 12 out 480 fish were found tagged. about how many fish are in the lake?"

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We estimate that 12/480=1/40 fish are tagged, so 600 is 1/40 of the total number of fish. This means that there are about 600*40=24000 fish total in the pond.
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