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Please help with MATH I have the answer which is ''C'' just need an explanation on how I got the answer.

A worker takes a random sample of 200 bolts and finds that 30 of them are either too long or too short, thus making them unusable. Estimate the number of unusable bolts in a production of 17,000 bolts.

A. 2,260 bolts

B. 2,140 bolts

C. 2,550 bolts

D. 1,610 bolts
I Know the answer is ''C'' I just need an explanation of how to get the answer.

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Answer:

It is C

Explanation:

because 30/200 simplifies to 3/20 and you multiply that times 17000

and get 2550

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