A cell phone company orders 750 new phones from a manufacturer. The probability of a phone being defective is 0.5%. How many of the phones are likely to be defective? Round your answer to the nearest whole

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0.5% of 750 is 750/200 (200 because 100/0.5 = 100•2 = 200) or 3.75 phones.
round(3.75) = 4 phones

Melkhaldi answered Mar 30, 2017

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