Question

What could have caused the incorrect information in the table?

Answer 1

Given: A table showing total shipment, successful, and missed

To Determine: The error in the table

Solution

Let us add the successful shipment to the missed shipment and compare with the total

Day 1

`\begin{gathered} 15+1=16 \\ 16=16 \end{gathered}`

Day 2

`\begin{gathered} 19+3=21 \\ 22\\e21 \end{gathered}`

Day 3

`\begin{gathered} 22+2=24 \\ 24=24 \end{gathered}`

Day 4

`\begin{gathered} 15+4=19 \\ 19=19 \end{gathered}`

From the above calculations, we can see that an error occurred in Day 2.

Hence, A math error was made when computing total shipments for Day 2, OPTION C