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Problem

A lake contains $250$ trout, along with a variety of other fish. When a marine biologist catches and releases a sample of $180$ fish from the lake, $30$ are identified as trout. Assume that the ratio of trout to the total number of fish is the same in both the sample and the lake. How many fish are there in the lake?

$\textbf{(A)}\ 1250 \qquad \textbf{(B)}\ 1500 \qquad \textbf{(C)}\ 1750 \qquad \textbf{(D)}\ 1800 \qquad \textbf{(E)}\ 2000$

Solution

Note that $\frac{\text{number of trout}}{\text{total number of fish}} = \frac{30}{180} = \frac16.$ So, the total number of fish is $6$ times the number of trout. Since the lake contains $250$ trout, there are $250\cdot6=\boxed{\textbf{(B)}\ 1500}$ fish in the lake.

~apex304, SohumUttamchandani, wuwang2002, TaeKim, Cxrupptedpat, MRENTHUSIASM

Video Solution by Magic Square

https://youtu.be/-N46BeEKaCQ?t=5308

Video Solution by SpreadTheMathLove

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EcrktBc8zrM

Video Solution by Interstigation

https://youtu.be/1bA7fD7Lg54?t=260

(Creative Thinking) Video Solution

https://youtu.be/Rhg5mu7pdNU

~Education the Study of everything

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 ==Video Solution by Interstigation==
 https://youtu.be/1bA7fD7Lg54?t=260
+==(Creative Thinking) Video Solution==
+https://youtu.be/Rhg5mu7pdNU
+~Education the Study of everything
 ==See Also==
 {{AMC8 box|year=2023|num-b=4|num-a=6}}
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