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Estimating fish population by capture-recapture
Middle school · ●○○○○ 10 pts
To estimate the number of fish in a pond, fish were caught, tagged, and then released back into the pond. After some time, when the tagged fish had mixed completely with the rest of the fish, another fish were caught. If of them were tagged, estimate the total number of fish in the pond.