SOLUTION: Samples of laboratory glass are in small, light packaging or heavy,large packaging. Suppose that 2 and 1% of the sample shipped insmall and large packages, respectively, break duri

Question 416278: Samples of laboratory glass are in small, light packaging or heavy,large packaging. Suppose that 2 and 1% of the sample shipped insmall and large packages, respectively, break during transit. If60% of the samples are shipped in large packages and 40% areshipped in small packages, what proportion of samples break duringshipment?
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
2% or 40% of shipments break (small pkgs) and
1% of 60% of shipments break (large okgs)
Let = number of shipments
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proportion that breaks =
the x's cancel)

1.4% of samples beak during shipment
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