Problema Solution
Out of every 80 IPods sold by a discount website, 3 were returned as defective. If the website sold 1,000 iPods this holiday season, how many should they expect will be returned as defective
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Let 'x' represent the number of defective iPods out of 1,000.
1000 : x = 80 : 3
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x = 38 iPods approximately
The should expect around 38 defective iPods out of 1000.