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Question 111653: In a shipment of 750 parts, 75 were found to be defective. What percent of the parts were faulty?
This is my last question, please help, my reading just does not make sense with all this stuff. I am hoping someone can help me by explaining how to do the problem. Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! In a shipment of 750 parts, 75 were found to be defective. What percent of the parts were faulty?
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Percent means "per 100".
So set up a proportion with 100 in the denominator:
75/750 = x/100
Then:
x = 100*75/750
x = 100*(1/10)
x = 10
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Solution : 10% of the parts were faulty.
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Stan H.
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