Question 882381: Two factory plants are making TV panels. Yesterday, Plant A produced 3 times as many panels as Plant B. 3% of the panels from Plant A and 2% of the panels from Plant B were defective. How many panels did Plant B produce, if the two plants together produced 1100 DEFECTIVE panels?
Answer by lwsshak3(11628)   (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Two factory plants are making TV panels. Yesterday, Plant A produced 3 times as many panels as Plant B. 3% of the panels from Plant A and 2% of the panels from Plant B were defective. How many panels did Plant B produce, if the two plants together produced 1100 DEFECTIVE panels?
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let x=total number of panels produced by plant B
3x=total number of panels produced by plant A
3%*3x+2%x=1100
.09x+.02x=1100
.11x=1100
x=10,000
total number of panels produced by plant B=10,000
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