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A company find that 4 1/4 % of the tyres are defective. The company made 28,000 tyres. How many tyres were defective?

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User Skyjacks
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Answer:

595 pairs of tyres are defective.

Explanation:

4.25×28000

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100

0.0425×28000

1190 Total no. of defective tyres

1190 divide total tyres by 2 to get the exact pairs of defective tyres.

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2

595 tyresof shoes are defective.

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