Question

A quality-assurance worker wants to systematically sample 120 glass jars each day from a conveyor belt in a factory that puts out 3,600 jars each day. If the worker will select every kth jar, what is the best value of k for the worker to use? Enter a whole number.

Answer 1

The best value of k for the worker to use is 30.

Explanation:

Sample of 120 jars from a set of 3,600.

If the worker will select every kth jar, what is the best value of k for the worker to use?

The best case would be starting at 0 and ending at 3600, finding 120 values, which means that k is given by the division of 3600 by 120. So

`k = (3600)/(120) = (360)/(12) = 30`

The best value of k for the worker to use is 30.