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Some researchers wanted to know how many salmon were in a local river. The researchers marked 520 salmon with tags. Later, they captured 1,200 salmon and found that 52 of them had tags. To the nearest whole number, what is the best estimate for the salmon population?
 

 Jan 15, 2016
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We can solve this with a proportion

 

520/52 = x / 1200     were x is the total salmon population

 

10/1  = x/1200  

 

10  = x/ 1200    multiply both sides by 1200

 

12,000  = x

 

 

 

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 Jan 15, 2016

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