SOLUTION: Inspection of a production run of 2400 items showed that 180 items did not meet specification.Of 180 did not pass inspection,150 could be reworked.The remainder to be scrapped. A)

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Question 1126807: Inspection of a production run of 2400 items showed that 180 items did not meet specification.Of 180 did not pass inspection,150 could be reworked.The remainder to be scrapped.
A):- what percent of production run did not pass inspection.
B):- what percent of the items that did not meet specifications had to be scrapped
Answer by josgarithmetic(39630) About Me  (Show Source):
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If 180 items did not pass, and 150 could be reworked, then 30 items could not be reworked.

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B):- what percent of the items that did not meet specifications had to be scrapped
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This is out of 180. Not out of 2400.
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16.7%