Mathematics

Question

A quality control expert randomly samples 60 pairs of sunglasses and finds 5 defective pairs. predict how many defective pairs will be in a shipment of 420 sunglasses.

2 Answer

  • 420/60=7
    7*5=35 sunglasses
  • For this case the first thing you should do is find the percentage of sunglasses that are defective.

    For this, we make the following rule of three:

    60 pairs -------------------> 100%

    5 pairs ---------------------> x

    From here, we clear the value of x.

    We have then:

    [tex] x = (\frac{5}{60}) * (100)

    x = 8.3%
    [/tex]

    We now look for the amount of sunglasses that may come with defects.

    We have then:

    [tex] N = (0.083) * (420)

    N = 34.86
    [/tex]

    Rounding to the nearest whole number:

    [tex] N = 35
    [/tex]

    Answer:

    About 35 defective pairs will be in a shipment of 420 sunglasses