If the netting captures fish randomly and all of the fish remain in the lake, approximately how many of the 50 fish are likely to be speckled trout?

Biologists tagged trout and released them into a new man-made lake.

The numbers of trout by gender and species are shown in the table below.

Later, biologists will net and inspect 50 of the tagged fish and re-release them into the lake.

If the netting captures fish randomly and all of the fish remain in the lake, approximately how many of the 50 fish are likely to be speckled trout?
A . 7
B . 8
C . 10
D . 15
E . 25

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Answer: D