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A pond contains 500 fish, 100 of which have been tagged. you catch 50 fish. how many of them would you expect to be tagged? a. 5 b. 10 c. 25 d. 50 please select the best answer from the choices provided
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A pond contains 500 fish, 100 of which have been tagged. you catch 50 fish. how many of them would you expect to be tagged? a. 5 b. 10 c. 25 d. 50 please select the best answer from the choices provided a b c d

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B or 10

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Answer: The correct answer is (b)

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Out of 500 fish, 100 fish were tagged 50 fishes can be caught. We need to find the number of fishes which would be tagged. The ratio of tagged fishes and total fishes is = So, the number fishes tagged in the caught fishes is = Hence, 10 fishes are expected to be tagged among the 50 caught fishes. The correct option is b

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