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A store offers different brands of a product. It decides to eliminate the brandthat is most likely to be returned. The table shows the number of items ofeach brand that were returned over the past year and the total sold.BrandABrand BBrand CBrand DTERPOESIAWhich brand should the store eliminate?Returns40382115Total sold913792626451

A store offers different brands of a product. It decides to eliminate the brandthat-example-1
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Step-by-step explanation

To find the brand that should be eliminated, we must find the probability that a brand is returned.


\begin{gathered} P(return)=\frac{number\text{ of returns}}{total\text{ sold}} \\ \end{gathered}

Therefore


\begin{gathered} BrandA=(40)/(913)=0.0438 \\ BrandB=(38)/(792)=0.0480 \\ BrandC=(21)/(626)=0.0335 \\ BrandD=(15)/(451)=0.0332 \end{gathered}

From the above, we can see that the Brand that is most returned is Brand B.

Answer: Option B

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