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Sampling and Experiments · Challenge problem

Biologists catch, tag and release 6060 fish in a lake. Later they catch 5050 fish, of which 1212 are tagged. Tagged fish have learned where the traps are and are twice as likely to be caught as untagged fish. Taking this into account, estimate the number of fish in the lake by setting the expected fraction of tagged fish in the second catch equal to the observed fraction.