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Out of 820 discs tested, 33 are defective. Estimate the number of defective discs in a batch of 17,000.

about 6,840 discs
about 68 discs
about 1,368 discs
about 684 discs

User FreeClimb
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684 discs would be correct
User Noy Gafni
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Answer:

684 discs

Explanation:

33/820 were defective

17,000/820= 20.73

20.73*33

684 discs

-you could also do 4% of 17,000

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