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Fishing: Barbless Hooks In a combined study of northern pike, cutthroat trout, rainbow trout, and lake trout, it was found that 26 out of 855 fish died when caught and released using barbless hooks on flics or lures. All hooks were removed from the fish (Source: A National Symposium on Catch and Release Fishing. Humboldt State University Press).
(a) Let p represent the proportion of all pike and trout that the (i.e., p is the mortality rate) when caught and released using barbless hooks. Find a point estimate for p.
(b) Find a
(c) Cheek Requirements Is the normal approximation to the binomial justified in this problem? Explain.
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