Question

URGENT! A company routinely ships earbuds

have 42 defective earbuds for every
1,200 earbuds shipped. Traci works at
the Earbud Pagoda in the mall. If
Traci sells 400 earbuds how many can
Traci expect to be defective?

Answer 1

14 earbuds

Explanation:

42/1,200 are defective, this means 3.5% of the earbuds are defective.

3.5% of 400 is 14, so we know Traci can expect 14 of the earbuds to be defective.

Answer 2

14

Explanation:

Percentage 42 / 1200 * 400