SOLUTION: At the new light bulb plant, 5 out of 100 light bulbs produced are defective. If the daily production is 4200 light bulbs, how many are defective? Set up the proportion for the wor

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Question 1112349: At the new light bulb plant, 5 out of 100 light bulbs produced are defective. If the daily production is 4200 light bulbs, how many are defective? Set up the proportion for the word problem. Use x as the unknown variable.
Answer by ikleyn(52776) About Me  (Show Source):
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100%2F5 = 4200%2Fx.


It is your proportion.


Solve it for x:  x = %284200%2A5%29%2F100.


Calculate it on your own.

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