Question

Lucky wants to find out the number of frogs in a pond near her house. She catches 54 of them, puts a leg band on each frog, and puts them back in the pond. The next week, she catches 70 frogs. Of those 70 frogs, 13 have a leg band. Based on the this information, what is a reasonable estimate of the number of frogs in the pond?
a.208
b.632
c.291
d.111

Answer 1

@Baby_Bear69

Answer 2

somebody help!

Answer 3

Sorry, I'm not sure how to solve this.

Answer 4

she caught 54 the first week and 70 the next week. 13 of the 70 had tags. subtract 13 from 70 giving you 57 frogs without tags. if you add 54 and 57 you get 111 so the estimate would be 111. hope this helps

Answer 5

thank you!! @g-lax4