SOLUTION: The patel manufacturing company allows for a defect rate of 0.9% on its production line.The defect average for last week was 3 times out of 1,500.What is the difference between the

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Question 149566: The patel manufacturing company allows for a defect rate of 0.9% on its production line.The defect average for last week was 3 times out of 1,500.What is the difference between the allowed defect rate and the average for last week?
Answer by Fombitz(32388)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

In terms of percentage that would be,
or 0.2%.
The difference is
or 0.7% better than average.

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