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Tax returns filed manually have a 20% chance of containing errors, while tax returns filed electronically have a 0.05% chance of containing the same. If 2.7 million tax returns are filed each way, how many more erroneous manually filed returns will there be than erroneous electronically filed returns?
a.
270,675
b.
538,650
c.
541,350
d.
269,325


Please select the best answer from the choices provided

A
B
C
D

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
Manual errors: 2,700,000 × 20% = 540,000
Electronic errors: 2,700,000 × 0.05% = 2,700,000 × 0.0005 = 1,350
Difference: 540,000 − 1,350 = 538,650

Answer: B