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Biologists tagged 196 fish in a lake on January 1. On February​ 1, they returned and collected a random sample of 42 ​fish, 14 of which had been previously tagged. On the basis of this​ experiment, approximately how many fish does the lake​ have?

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Answer:

approximentley 588 fish live in the lake

Explanation:

42 divided by 14 =3

196 multiplied by 3=588

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