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In Mathematics / Middle School | 2014-11-19

A company that creates steering wheels for cars found that 2 of the steering wheels manufactured each hour yesterday were defective. If 50 steering wheels were manufactured each hour yesterday, what percent of the steering wheels were defective?

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Answer (2)

2 steering wheels manufactured each hour were defected There were 50 steering wheels manufactured per hour The fraction is 50 2 ​ Divide 2, which is the numerator by 50, which is the denominator 2÷50=.04 To change any decimal into a fraction, multiply by 100 The multiply .04 by 100 to change into a percentage .04×100=4.⇒4% 4% is the percentage of defective steering wheels

Answered by Geekhawk | 2024-06-10

To find the percentage of defective steering wheels, divide the number of defective wheels (2) by the total number manufactured (50), which gives a fraction of 50 2 ​ . This fraction converts to a decimal of 0.04, and then to a percentage of 4% by multiplying by 100. Therefore, 4% of the steering wheels produced were defective.
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Answered by Geekhawk | 2024-12-26