In a combined study of northern pike, cutthroat trout, rainbow trout, and lake trout, it was found that24out of860fish died when caught and released using barbless hooks on flies or lures. All hooks were removed from the fish.

(a) Letprepresent the proportion of all pike and trout that die (i.e.,pis the mortality rate) when caught and released using barbless hooks. Find a point estimate forp. (Round your answer to four decimal places.)

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