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In a shipment of 400 parts, 14 are found to be defective. How many defective parts should be expected in a shipment of 1,000? Really need this I'm giving you maximum points

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The shipmentof 1000 is 1000/400 = 2.5 times as large as the shipment of 400, so 2.5 * 14 = 35 defective parts can be expected.
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