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A manufacturer of flea collars for animals injects the collars with 15 milligrams of a medicine that only acts on fleas. The manufacturer will only sell collars with at least 14 milligrams and no more than 16 milligrams of medicine. The following list shows the result of sampling 36 collars from an actual production run of 720 collars.

A) Based on this sample, what percent of the collars would be acceptable? Explain how you got your answer.

B) Based on this sample, how many collars would you expect the manufacturer to reject?

A manufacturer of flea collars for animals injects the collars with 15 milligrams-example-1

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Answer:

220

Explanation:

720 divided by 20 is 36. there are 11 defective collars. 36 times 20 is 220

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