Question
Glass plates are packaged and shipped to a retail store, but 13% of all the shipped plates arrive broken. In the last shipment, 117 arrive broken. How many plates were shipped in total?(1 point) %C2%A0plates %C2%A0 NOTE:%C2%A0Type your numerical answer into the box for the question to be scored correctly.
Answers
GPT-4o mini
Let \( x \) be the total number of glass plates shipped. According to the problem, 13% of the plates arrive broken, which can be expressed as:
\[
0.13x = 117
\]
To find \( x \), we can solve for it by dividing both sides by 0.13:
\[
x = \frac{117}{0.13}
\]
Calculating this gives:
\[
x = 900
\]
Therefore, the total number of plates shipped is \( \boxed{900} \).
\[
0.13x = 117
\]
To find \( x \), we can solve for it by dividing both sides by 0.13:
\[
x = \frac{117}{0.13}
\]
Calculating this gives:
\[
x = 900
\]
Therefore, the total number of plates shipped is \( \boxed{900} \).