SOLUTION: 2% of all new light bulbs are defective. Out of a shipment of 10,000 light bulbs, how many would you expect to be defective?

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Question 1004635: 2% of all new light bulbs are defective. Out of a shipment of 10,000 light bulbs, how many would you expect to be defective?
Answer by fractalier(6550) About Me  (Show Source):
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Well 2% of 10000 light bulbs is 2 out of every hundred...we then multiply .02 times 10000 and get 200 light defective bulbs.