SOLUTION: At the new light bulb plant, 5 out of 100 light bulbs produced are defective. If the daily production is 4200 light bulbs, how many are defective? Set up the proportion for the wor

Question 1112349: At the new light bulb plant, 5 out of 100 light bulbs produced are defective. If the daily production is 4200 light bulbs, how many are defective? Set up the proportion for the word problem. Use x as the unknown variable.
Answer by ikleyn(52776) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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 = .


It is your proportion.


Solve it for x:  x = .


Calculate it on your own.

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