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HELP PLEASE 2 Based on past experience, a pencil factory owner believes that 3 out of every 150 pencils will be defective in some way. Using this information. What is the best prediction of the number
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HELP PLEASE 2 Based on past experience, a pencil factory owner believes that 3 out of every 150 pencils will be defective in some way. Using this information. What is the best prediction of the number of defective pencils in a shipment of 3.000 pencils?

User Tom Quarendon
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First you find out the percentage of 3 out of 150... which is 2% now what is 2% of 3,000?
The answer is 60. You’re welcome.
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