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A shipping company selects 75 random packages to check their weight. It finds 3 packages were weighed incorrectly. How many packages out of 3000 should the company predict have an incorrect weight. WILL GIVE CROWN

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120 is the correct answer!!

3000 divided by 75 is 40. 40 x 3 is 120
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So Basically if you divide 3 by 75 you will get 0.04(which is equivalent to 4%). 4% of 3000=120 which is your answer
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