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In a shipment of airplane parts, 6% are known to be defective. If 42 parts are found to be defective, how many parts are in the shipment?

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Answer:

700 parts

Explanation:

To find the total amount of parts in the shipment, all we need to do is divide.

6% = 0.06

42 / 0.06 = 700

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