Question

Two athletic shoe brands were studied to see which brand was manufactured with the least amount of defects. Brand A was found to have 5 out of 600 pairs of shoes with a defect. Brand B was found to have 5 out of 250 pairs of shoes with a defect.

For Brand A, how many defects should they expect after manufacturing 2500 pairs of shoes?

Answer 1

21

Explanation:

We need to determine the percentage of defects of shoes for brand A

Percentage of shoes that have defect = (5/600) x 100 = 0.83%

shoes that would have defects when 2500 shoes are manufactured = 0.83% x 2500 = 0.0083 x 2500 = 20.75

rounding off to the nearest whole number gives 21 shoes