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On average, at least 25,000 pieces of luggage are lost or misdirected each day by United States airlines. Of these, 98% are located by the airlines within 5 days. From a given day's lost luggage, at least how many pieces of luggage are still lost after 5 days?

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PLEASE HELP!! WILL REWARD MEDAL/FAN.

On average, at least 25,000 pieces of luggage are lost or misdirected each day by United States airlines. Of these, 98% are located by the airlines within 5 days. From a given day's lost luggage, at least how many pieces of luggage are still lost after 5 days?

Thank you!~

anonymous · Answer

If 98% are recovered within five days, then 2% remain lost. That means that at least 2% of 25,000 pieces are still lost or 5000 pieces.

lilai3 · Answer

is the inequality:
$$x \le25,000(100%-98%)$$

lilai3 · Answer

(100%-98%)***
it got cut off

anonymous · Answer

Yep. I believe that is correct.

anonymous · Answer

I'm going to go to bed now. I don't know what time it is where you are, but it's 11:56 p.m. here.

Good luck on the rest of your problems.

lilai3 · Answer

oh. thank you so much! good night. it's 3:45 here