SOLUTION: A quality control inspector found flaws in 13 out of 150 sweaters. HERE IS THE QUESTION: Suppose the company produces 500 sweaters a day. How many will not have flaws? T

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Question 116619: A quality control inspector found flaws in 13 out of 150 sweaters.
HERE IS THE QUESTION: Suppose the company produces 500 sweaters a day. How many will not have flaws?

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Answer by stanbon(75887)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
A quality control inspector found flaws in 13 out of 150 sweaters.
HERE IS THE QUESTION: Suppose the company produces 500 sweaters a day. How many will not have flaws
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Proportion:
x/500 = 137/150
x = (137/150)*500
x = 456.667
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Rounding down you get:
# without flaws is 456 out of 500
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Cheers,
Stan H.

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