A light bulb manufacturer found that 3 out of every 268 light bulbs in every batch were bad. If they produced 22,158 light bulbs, how many are bad?(1 point) light bulbs are bad.

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7 months ago

82 light bulbs are bad.

To calculate this, first find the proportion of bad light bulbs in a batch:

3/268 = x/22158

Cross multiply:

268x = 3 * 22158
x = 3 * 22158 / 268
x = 22158 / 89
x ≈ 248.7

Since you can't have a fraction of a light bulb, round up to the nearest whole number:

82 light bulbs are bad.