Problema Solution
an electronic firm finds that 4%of its resistors are defective. how many resistors do they need to make to deliver 5000 resistors?
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Let 'x' represent the number of resistors they need to make.
If 4% are defective that means 96% are not defective.
This means:
0.96x = 5000
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x = 5,208 resistors
The firm needs to make 5,208 resistors.