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25 July, 10:55

While doing research on a lake, biologists tagged 200 walleye. Later, they captured 160 walleye, of which 16 had tags. What is the BEST estimate for the walleye population?

A) 2,000

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B) 2,300

C) 2,600

D) 3,000

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  1. 25 July, 11:18
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    2000

    Step-by-step explanation:

    200x160 = 32000/16=2000
  2. 25 July, 11:21
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    2000

    Step-by-step explanation:

    marked walleye counted / total walleye counted

    =

    total marked walleye / estimated walleye population



    16 / 160 = 200/p

    p = 2000
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