Problema Solution
In a shipment of 400 parts, 14 are found to be defective. How many defective parts should be expected in a shipment of 1100?
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Let 'x' represent the number of defective parts in shipment of 1100.
We can now write the following proportions:
x : 1100 = 14 : 400
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x = 38.5 defective parts or if we round to the nearest integer, 39 defective parts.