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On Monday, biologists tagged 150 sunfish from a lake. On Friday, the biologists counted 12 tagged fish out of a sample of 400 sunfish from the same lake.

Estimate the total number of sunfish in the lake.

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12/400 = 150/x 60000=12/x


Answer= 5,000 Sunfish


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