Recently the State Fish and Game Planted Several Thousand Tagged

question 92

True/False

Recently the State Fish and Game planted several thousand tagged fish in a local river. The mean length of these fish, which constitute a population, is 12.6 inches. Yesterday, fishermen caught 100 of these tagged fish. You could expect that the mean length for these fish would be 12.6 inches as well since they come from the population.

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