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OpenStudy (anonymous):

Mary works in a factory that produces 1,000 telephones each day. When 50 telephones were sampled, it was found that 8 were defective. Estimate how many telephones are defective each day

OpenStudy (anonymous):

help

OpenStudy (anonymous):

ok so lets see 1000 phones are made a day right?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

yep

OpenStudy (anonymous):

50 were sampled

OpenStudy (anonymous):

ok so out of 50 phones there are 8 that have defects

OpenStudy (anonymous):

yea

OpenStudy (anonymous):

meaning they dont work

OpenStudy (anonymous):

yep

OpenStudy (anonymous):

ok and how many 50s are there in 1000?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

20

OpenStudy (anonymous):

good so whats 8 x 20 = ?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

160

OpenStudy (anonymous):

:) and thats ^ your answer

OpenStudy (anonymous):

thanks so much!!!

OpenStudy (anonymous):

no prob :)

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