Question

How many computers out of 240 can have errors and stay within the company’s goal of no more than 3% errors?

Answer 1

Given:

`(e)/(240)\leq0.03`

Cross multiplying;

`\begin{gathered} e\leq0.03*240 \\ e\leq7.2 \end{gathered}`

Since computers are whole and not a part, the nearest whole number is 7.

This means 7 computers or less can be made in error and still be within the company's goal of no more than 3% error.

Therefore, the correct answer that will be within the company's goal of no more than 3% errors will be;

`e\leq7`