Problema Solution

Two factory plants are making TV panels. Yesterday, Plant A produced

8000

panels. Three percent of the panels from Plant A and

10%

of the panels from Plant B were defective. How many panels did Plant B produce, if the overall percentage of defective panels from the two plants was

8%

?

Answer provided by our tutors

Let

x = the number of panels that Plant B produced

(3% of the panels from Plant A) + (10% of the panels from Plant B) = 8% of the total number of panels produced

0.03*8000 + 0.10*x = 0.08(8000 + x)

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x = 20,000 panels

Plant B produced total of 20,000 panels.