SOLUTION: ina a shipment of 400 parts, 14 have been found defective how many defective parts should be defective in a shipment of 1000

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Question 837389: ina a shipment of 400 parts, 14 have been found defective how many defective parts should be defective in a shipment of 1000
Answer by Diana541(24) About Me  (Show Source):
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First, put this into a proportion
14/400=x/1000
So, as you may see, you can divide the numerator and denominator by 4 (using 14/400) Then you would multiply by 10
35 out of 1000 would be defective.