Two samples were taken of fish caught on Small Lake and are shown in the table below. It is estimated that the Small Lake fish population is roughly 1,000 fish. What is the average number of brown trout in the lake?

Small Lake Fish Sample

Sample 1

Sample 2

Rainbow Trout

15

Rainbow Trout

11

Brown Trout

3

Brown Trout

1

Largemouth Bass

9

Largemouth Bass

11

43

80

160

333

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Mathematics

Whitney Mckenzie

2 February, 07:26

Two samples were taken of fish caught on Small Lake and are shown in the table below. It is estimated that the Small Lake fish population is roughly 1,000 fish. What is the average number of brown trout in the lake?

Small Lake Fish Sample

Sample 1

Sample 2

Rainbow Trout

15

Rainbow Trout

11

Brown Trout

3

Brown Trout

1

Largemouth Bass

9

Largemouth Bass

11

43

80

160

333

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Charity Hood · Answer 1

The answer is gonna be 333 cause you see that brown trout there is a 3 and a 1 you multiply those to and get 3 then do 1000/3 and you get 333.333333333 and so on but the answers don't have any decimals so you round it down to 333