Question

Two factory plants are making tv panels yesterday plant A produced 3000 panels. Ten percent of the panels from plant A were defective and Three percent from plant B were defective. How many panels did plant be produce if the overall percentage of defective panels from the two plants was 6%. Thanks for the help

Answer 1

Answer: Plant B produced 4000 panels

Step-by-step explanation: Let the number of panels produced by plant A = a and the number of panels produced by plant B = x. In total, we have 3000 + x. Now for the defective panels. 10% of plant a + 3% of plant b = 6% of both a and b. 300 + 3/100(x) = 6/100(3000 + x). 300 + 0.03x = 180 + 0.06x. Now, we simplify. 300 - 180 = 0.06x = 0.03x. So, 120 = 0.03x and 40 = 1% of x. This means x = 4000. So, therefore, Plant B produced 4000 panels. We can check our work by using the value of x we got. 4000 + 3000 = 7000. 6% of 7000 = 420. 120 = 3% of 4000. 120 + 300 = 420 so the answer we got is correct. Hope this helped