SOLUTION: A manufacturer tests the quality of each batch of flash drives made. For testing purposes, 350 flash drives are selected at random from each batch. For one batch, 5 flash drives ar

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Question 1067996: A manufacturer tests the quality of each batch of flash drives made. For testing purposes, 350 flash drives are selected at random from each batch. For one batch, 5 flash drives are found to be faulty. If there are 7,000 flash drives in the batch, about how many flash drives in the batch are likely to be faulty in all?
Answer by Fombitz(32388) About Me  (Show Source):
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5 is to 350 as X is to 7000.
5%2F350=X%2F7000
X=35000%2F350
X=100