Question

Hunter works for a computer company and inspects that 485 out of 600 computers have no defects. The manufacturers sent a shipment of 3000 computers to a distributor. Predict the number of computers in the shipment that are likely to have no defects

Answer 1

The number of computers in the shipment that are likely to have no defects are 2425.

Explanation:

Given:

Hunter works for a computer company and inspects that 485 out of 600 computers have no defects. The manufacturers sent a shipment of 3000 computers to a distributor.

Now, to find the number of computers in the shipment that are likely to have no defects.

Let the number of computers in the shipment that are likely to have no defects be
`x.`

The manufacturers sent a shipment of 3000 computers to a distributor.

As, given 485 out of 600 computers have no defects.

So, 485 is equivalent to 600.

Thus,
`x` is equivalent to 3000.

Now, to get the number of computers in the shipment that are likely to have no defects by using cross multiplication method:

`(485)/(600) =(x)/(3000)`

By cross multiplying we get:

`1455000=600x`

Dividing both sides by 600 we get:

`2425=x\\\\x=2425.`

Therefore, the number of computers in the shipment that are likely to have no defects are 2425.