To determine the number of trouttrout in a lakelake, a conservationistconservationist catches 360360 trouttrout, tags them, a

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To determine the number of trouttrout in a lakelake, a conservationistconservationist catches 360360 trouttrout, tags them, a

nd releases them. later 198198 trouttrout are caught, and it is found that 3636 of them are tagged. assuming that the proportion of tagged trouttrout in the second sample was the same as the proportion of tagged trouttrout in the total population, estimate the number of trouttrout in the lakelake.

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Shalnov [3] · Answer 1 · 2021-11-22T06:40:57+03:00

Shalnov [3]4 years ago

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198 : 36 = 5.5 : 1

So the estimated population is 360 * 5.5 = 1980 trout

To determine the number of trouttrout in a lakelake​, a conservationistconservationist catches 360360 trouttrout​, tags​ them, a

To determine the number of trouttrout in a lakelake, a conservationistconservationist catches 360360 trouttrout, tags them, a