SOLUTION: if an electronic firm finds that 4% of its resistors are defective how many resistors do they have to make to deliver 5000 resistors/?

Question 455162: if an electronic firm finds that 4% of its resistors are defective how many resistors do they have to make to deliver 5000 resistors/?
Found 2 solutions by rfer, Alan3354:
Answer by rfer(16322) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
5000*1.04=5200
Answer by Alan3354(69443) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
5000/0.96 = 5208.333 --> 5209

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