Santiago, a park ranger, was trying to estimate the number of catfish in a lake. He randomly caught 32 catfish, tagged them, and let them go. Six months later, he surveyed fisherman at the lake about how many catfish they caught that were tagged. His survey results showed that 350 catfish were caught and 13 had tags on them. Which is the best estimate for the size of the catfish population in the lake? A. 862 catfish B. 1,420 catfish C. 4,550 catfish D. 11,200 catfish

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Ashleigh Hubbard

15 October, 23:16

Santiago, a park ranger, was trying to estimate the number of catfish in a lake. He randomly caught 32 catfish, tagged them, and let them go. Six months later, he surveyed fisherman at the lake about how many catfish they caught that were tagged. His survey results showed that 350 catfish were caught and 13 had tags on them. Which is the best estimate for the size of the catfish population in the lake? A. 862 catfish B. 1,420 catfish C. 4,550 catfish D. 11,200 catfish

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Lia Willis · Answer 1

There are 32 catfish in all with tags on them and there are 350 catfish caught by fisherman and if you add that together there are about 382 and the closest number is A.