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two factory plants are making tv panels. yesterday plant A produced 5000 less panels than plant B. 5% of the panels from plant A and 4% of the panels form plant B were defective. how many panels did plant B produce if the plants together produced 830 defective panels?

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let


a = the number of panels produced in plant A

a + 5000 = the number of panels produced in plant B


5% of the panels from plant A and 4% of the panels form plant B were defective and the plants together produced 830 defective panels


0.05a + 0.04(a + 5000) = 830


by solving we find


a = 7000 panels


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a + 5000 = 7000 + 5000 = 12,000 panels


plant B produced 12,000 panels.