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A company that makes pencils realized that 2 out of every 25 pencils were defective. How many pencils out of 200 will be defective?

A company that makes pencils realized that 2 out of every 25 pencils were defective. How many pencils out of 200 will be defective?
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A company that makes pencils realized that 2 out of every 25 pencils were defective. How many pencils out of 200 will be defective?

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2 X
— • — Cross multiply
25 200


25x 400
—— —— Divide
25 25

16


Out of 200, 16 pencils will be defective
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