What does this sentence mean?
"In another parish 150 dead sunfish could be found for every 4 that remained alive."
I just can not figure out what this sentence actually means here. Can we say that in this parish, 150 sunfish died, and the ratio between the dead fish and the fish alive is 1/4?

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Hello,
I think this means that out of 154 sunfish, four were alive and 150 were dead . So the ratio would be: 4:150. Simplified, this would be: 1:38. (rounded up)
If my maths serves me correctly!

Hope this helps,
Alasdair

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Hey, Plantiska!

Just like Alasdair said right above, it's a matter of math. In other words - not technically - each 4 alive fishes you can find, you need to consider that there are others 150 dead fishes.

I hope this helps!

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