SOLUTION: A customer orders 25,000 batteries. If experience has shown that 2% of batteries produced will be defective, how many batteries must be produced to ensure production of 25,000 good

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Question 410558: A customer orders 25,000 batteries. If experience has shown that 2% of batteries produced will be defective, how many batteries must be produced to ensure production of 25,000 good ones? Round to the nearest whole number.
Answer by edjones(8007) About Me  (Show Source):
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25000*.02=500
25000+500=25500 batteries must be produced.
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Ed