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3. A manufacturer of cell phones checks every fifth phone off the line for defects. Out

of 200 phones, 4 are defective. In a shipment of 5,000 phones, how many would you
expect to be defective?

User Kakey
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Answer:

100 defects would be expected

Explanation:

200/4=50 for every 50 phones there is one defect

5000/50=100

User Daniel Ralston
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