SOLUTION: You have 1542 yards of fabric and 3% of that is deffective. How many yards of fabric is deffective? Can you please also send me the formula to do the calculation. Thanks

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Question 403266: You have 1542 yards of fabric and 3% of that is deffective. How many yards of fabric is deffective? Can you please also send me the formula to do the calculation.
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Answer by stanbon(75887)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
You have 1542 yards of fabric and 3% of that is deffective. How many yards of fabric is deffective? Can you please also send me the formula to do the calculation.
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# of yds of defective fabric = 0.03*1542 = 46
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Stan H.