2023 April(F11) Math Question 26
Ratios, Proportions, Percentages, Fractions
- Proportions & Ratios
Using proportions (capture-recapture method):
tagged in samplesample size=total taggedtotal fish\frac{\text{tagged in sample}}{\text{sample size}} = \frac{\text{total tagged}}{\text{total fish}}sample sizetagged in sample=total fishtotal tagged
32120=200N\frac{32}{120} = \frac{200}{N}12032=N200
N=200×12032=24,00032=750N = \frac{200 \times 120}{32} = \frac{24,000}{32} = 750N=32200×120=3224,000=750
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