An inspector checks 98 cell phones and finds that 2 of them are defective. A company has 850 of these phones. How many of the company's phones are likely to be defective?

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Lorena Heath

7 July, 04:42

An inspector checks 98 cell phones and finds that 2 of them are defective. A company has 850 of these phones. How many of the company's phones are likely to be defective?

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Bobby Hammond · Answer 1

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Step-by-step explanation:

As 2 phones are defective from a group of 98 that were checked, you can determine a percentage:

2/98 = 2%

This indicates that 2% of the phones are likely to be defective and because of that you can find 2% of 850:

850*2% = 17

According to this, 17 phones are likely to be defective.