Abattery manufacturer randomly tests 500 batteries and finds that 3 are defective.
how many defective batteries would be expected in a shipment of 12,000 batteries?
a.
120
b.
72
c.
60
d.
36

To find this answer, we must first find the percentage of batteries that are defective. We can do this by dividing 3 by 500.

3 / 500 = 0.006

So our percentage of defective batteries is 0.6%.

Now, to find out how many defective batteries would be in a batch of 12000, we just need to multiply the constant (percentage of defective batteries) by the amount in the new batch.

12000 * 0.006 = 72

In a shipment of 12,000 batteries, 72 will be defective, so the correct answer choice would be B.
Hope that helped =)