Two machines produce the same type of widget. Machine A produces 85 widgets, 68 of which are damaged. Machine B produces 28 widgets, 21 of which are damaged. The fraction of damaged widgets for Machine A is 68/85 of 4/5. The fraction of damaged widgets for Machine B is 21/28 or 2/4. a. Write each as a fraction as a decimal and a percent.
b. Select a small percent that would allow for a small number of damaged widgets. Find the number of widgets by which each machine exceeded the acceptable number of widgets