Problem: in a certain pond , 80 fish were caught , tagged , and returned to the pond . a few days later , 50 fish were caught again , of which 2 were found to have been tagged . if the percent of tagged fish in the second catch approximates the percent of tagged fish in the pond , what is the approximate number of fish in the pond ?
Rationale: this is a rather straight forward ratio problem . 1 . 80 fish tagged 2 . 2 out of the 50 fish caught were tagged thus 2 / 50 2 / 50 = 80 / x thus , x = 2000 think of the analogy : 2 fish is to 50 fish as 50 fish is to . . . ? you ' ve tagged 50 fish and you need to find what that comprises as a percentage of the total fish population - we have that information with the ratio of the second catch . d
annotated_formula: divide(80, divide(2, 50))