Question

A company has determined that 2 out of every 5255 bolts that it ordered is defective. What is the probability that that a worker will pick a bolt that is not defective? Enter your answer as a reduced fraction using / for the fraction bar. Do not use any spaces in your answer.

Answer 1

5253 out of 5255 times.

`(5253)/(5255)`

Explanation:

Being that the we are determining the probobility of it not bein defecteve, then we simply count the bolts not defective rather then defective ones. We can do this simply by subtracting the defective bolts from 1, or total bolts recieved.

`1 - (2)/(5255)`

Which is the equation that gives us the answer,

`(5253)/(5255)`