Question: Suppose you are trying to determine how many bass call NSU’s Gold Circle Lake home. First, you catch a fixed number of bass at one time (you catch 30 bass.) Then, you tag these 30 bass and release them back into the lake. The tagged bass mix back into the population. The next day, you return to the lake and catch 100 bass. Of these 100 bass, exactly 12 of them have tags.
Based on this information, what is your best estimate of the number of bass living in the lake?
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250 bass
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