Question

A tire manufacturer found that 2% of its tires had defects.

If 5000 tires are sold, how many could be expected to have defects?

Answer 1

@Vocaloid

Answer 2

(percentage/100)*number of tires sold

Answer 3

still there?

Answer 4

yeah so confused

Answer 5

plug in your numbers into the formula...

your percentage = 2
number of tires = 5000

(percentage/100)*number of tires sold

Answer 6

what number do you get as your answer?

Answer 7

so 0.002/5000
?

Answer 8

almost

Answer 9

what is 2/100?

Answer 10

50

Answer 11

nope.

Answer 12

use a calculator if you are unsure

Answer 13

oops

Answer 14

.02

Answer 15

good! so it's 0.02*5000 which equals?

Answer 16

100

Answer 17

very good

Answer 18

ty