Question

Bob is doing a quality test on machine bots , he tested 24 bolts that he randomly found that 5 were defective. Based on bob’s results what is the expected number of bolts that will be defective if he tests 840 bolts?

Answer 1

175

Explanation:

5/24 = 0.208 percentage of defective bolts

scale up to 840 bolts by finding 20.8% of defective bolts

840*20.8 = 175