Question

you want to estimate how many fish are in the pond. suppose you capture 280 fish, tag them and throw them back into the pond. after a couple of days you go back to the pond and capture 420 fish of which 28 was tagged. how many fish are in the pond

Answer 1

Answer:

4200

Step-by-step explanation:

n1= amount of fish first captured and tagged= 280

n2= amount of fish captured second time=420 k= amount of fish captured and already tagged= 28

k/n2=n1/N

28/420=280/N

N=420*280/28

=117600/28

N=4200