document.write( "Question 1098426: Two factory plants are making TV panels. Yesterday, Plant A produced
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Two factory plants are making TV panels. Yesterday, Plant A produced
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Defective panels from Plant A: .06(24,000) = 1,440
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document.write( "With 2% of Plant B's and 1,440 of Plant A's panels being defective, and 5% of the total panels (Plant A + Plant B) being defective, we get: .02B + 1,440 = .05(B + 24,000)	
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document.write( ".02B + 1,440 = .05B + 1,200	
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document.write( ".02B - .05B = 1,200 - 1,440	
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document.write( " - .03B = - 240	
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