Question

Imagine that a lake contains two kinds of fish: trout and bass. 60% of the fish in the lake are bass and 40% are trout. If you caught 5 fish at random from this pond, which of the following would you expect to catch? a. 0 bass and 5 trout b. 2 bass and 3 trout c. 3 bass and 2 trout d. 5 bass and 0 trout

Answer 1

c. 3 bass and 2 trout

Answer 2

Answer:

The correct answer is option c, that is, 3 bass and 2 trout.

Explanation:

In the given case, the lake comprises 60 percent bass and 40 percent trout. It shows that if one catches 100 fishes, then 60 of them would be bass and the rest 40 would be the trout.  

For example, if one catches 5, then 60 percent of 5 would be bass and 40 percent of 5 would be trout.  

Thus, one would expect to catch 3 basses as, 06 * 5 = 3.  

On the other hand, one would expect to catch 2 trouts as, 0.4 * 5 = 2.  

Hence, the correct answer is option c.