document.write( "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? \n" ); document.write( "

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2% or 40% of shipments break (small pkgs) and
\n" ); document.write( "1% of 60% of shipments break (large okgs)
\n" ); document.write( "Let $\"x\"$ = number of shipments
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\n" ); document.write( "proportion that breaks = $\"+%28+.02%2A.4%2Ax+%2B+.01%2A.6%2Ax%29%2Fx\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"%28+%28.008+%2B+.006%29%2F1%29%2A%28x%2Fx%29\"$ the x's cancel)
\n" ); document.write( " $\"++.014+%2F+1++=+.014+\"$
\n" ); document.write( "1.4% of samples beak during shipment \n" ); document.write( "

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