Question

Nine hundred light bulbs are packaged and shipped to a retail store. Thirteen percent of the light bulbs arrive broken. Which equation can be used to find the number of light bulbs that were broken?

Answer 1

a is correct

Explanation:

Answer 2

`x = 13\% * 900` Or
`x = (13)/(100)* 900`.

Explanation:

Total bulbs = 900

Percentage of broken bulbs = 13%

Let x be the number of broken bulbs

Thirteen percent of the light bulbs arrive broken

So,
`x = 13\% * 900`

Or

`x = (13)/(100)* 900`

Or

`x =117`

Hence The equation can be used to find the number of light bulbs that were broken is
`x = 13\% * 900` Or
`x = (13)/(100)* 900`.