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In a shipment of 850 widgets, 32 are found to be defective. At this rate, how many defective widgets could be expected in 22,000 widgets? Round to the nearest whole number.

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32/850 are defective
22000/850=25.88
25.88×32=828.23
round down to 828
out of 22,000 widgets 828 can be expected to he defective
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