Question

A publishing company is going to have 24,000 books printed. There are between 3 and 4 books out of ever 3,000 that will have a printing error. At this rate, which number could be the exact number of books that will have a printing error? a. 7 b. 12 c. 31 d. 36

Answer 1

C. 31

Explanation:

3000 there are 3-4 errors

If we first divide 24,000 by 3,000, will get 8

then since there a error for each 3,000 books, we do 8 x 4 = 32 and 8 x 3 = 24

32 (8 x 4) the max amount of printing errors

24 (8 x 3) the minimum amount of printing errors

So we should expect 24-32 printing errors

Only answer between the numbers is c. 31