document.write( "Question 1200605: In a semiconductor company's quality control test, a machine found that 12 out of a sample of 324 computer chips were defective. How many of the 3659 such chips that the company makes each month would you expect to be defective?
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document.write( "Write a proportion as you read the problem\r\n" );
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document.write( "    \"12%2F324\" = \"x%2F3659\".\r\n" );
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document.write( "From the proportion, find x = \"%2812%2A3659%29%2F324\" = 135.82.\r\n" );
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document.write( "ANSWER.  You may expect 136 - 136 defective chips, assuming that the rate is the same.\r\n" );
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