Assume that in a lake there are 15000 fish, 1000 of them marked [with radioactive tracers]. 150 fish were fished out of the lake. Find the expectation of the number of marked fish among the fish caught.

Assume that in a lake there are 15000 fish, 1000 of them marked [with radioactive tracers]. 150 fish were fished out of the lake. Find the expectation of the number of marked fish among the fish caught.

A First Course in Probability (10th Edition)

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Author:Sheldon Ross

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Chapter1: Combinatorial Analysis

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