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Biologists tagged 139 fish in a lake on January 1, On February 1, they returned and collected a random sample

of 30 fish, 10 of which had been previously tagged. On the basis of this experiment, approximately how many
fish does the lake have?

User Madim
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Answer:

417 fish

Explanation:

139/(10/30)=139*3=417

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