Asked by Akim

A group of researchers wanted to monitor the trout population, so they marked 340 trout with tags. Later, they captured 600 trout and found that 30 of them had tags. What is the BEST estimate for the trout population?
Responses

A 6,2006,200

B 6,4006,400

C 6,6006,600

D 6,8006

All Answers 1

Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
Use the proportion of tagged fish: 340/N = 30/600.
So N = 340 * (600/30) = 340 * 20 = 6,800.

Answer: D (6,800).