A manufacturer inspects 500 personal video players and finds that 497 of them have no defects. The manufacturer sent a shipment

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A manufacturer inspects 500 personal video players and finds that 497 of them have no defects. The manufacturer sent a shipment

of 2,000 video players to a distributor. Predict the number of players in the shipment that are likely to have no defects.

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Sphinxa [80] · Answer 1 · 2022-04-03T05:52:09+03:00

Sphinxa [80]3 years ago

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Use proportion to solve:
$\frac{500 total}{497 good} = \frac{2000 total}{x}$
500x = (497)(2000)
x = 1988

Answer: 1,988 players are likely to have no defect.