Wildlife biologists need to estimate the number of small mouth bass in a lake. After netting, a total of 33 small mouth bass were captured, tagged and released back into the lake. A week later, another netting resulted in the capture of 78 small mouth bass, 11 with tags. Which estimate below best represents the total amount of small mouth bass that are in the lake (round to the nearest whole number fish)? 3

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Wildlife biologists need to estimate the number of small mouth bass in a lake. After netting, a
total of 33 small mouth bass were captured, tagged and released back into the lake. A week
later, another netting resulted in the capture of 78 small mouth bass, 11 with tags. Which
estimate below best represents the total amount of small mouth bass that are in the lake
(round to the nearest whole number fish)?
O 433
O 251
Transcribed Image Text:Wildlife biologists need to estimate the number of small mouth bass in a lake. After netting, a total of 33 small mouth bass were captured, tagged and released back into the lake. A week later, another netting resulted in the capture of 78 small mouth bass, 11 with tags. Which estimate below best represents the total amount of small mouth bass that are in the lake (round to the nearest whole number fish)? O 433 O 251
O 433
O 251
O 223
O 234
Transcribed Image Text:O 433 O 251 O 223 O 234
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