The intuitive solution is by ratio assuming the population can be extrapolated by the sample, thus
population
=(600*(800/10)=48000.
Biologists collected a sample of 600 fish from West Okoboji Lake on May 1 and tagged each of them. When they returned on June 1, a new sample of 800 fish was collected and 10 of these had been previously tagged. Use this experiment to determine the approximate fish population of West Okoboji Lake.
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