Problema Solution
In a shipment of airplane parts, 2% are known to be defective. If 8 parts are found to be defective, how many parts are in the shipment?
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let x be the number of parts in the shipment
2% of x is 8
0.02*x = 8
by solving we find
x = 400 parts
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there are 400 parts in the shipment.