A company that manufactures computer chips expects 4 out of every 100 made to be defective. In a shipment of 5800 ​chips, how many are expected to be​ defective?

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In a shipment of 5800 ​chips,
  
enter your response here are expected to be defective.

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Given that 4 out of every 100 chips are expected to be defective, we can calculate the number of defective chips in a shipment of 5800 chips as follows:

(4/100) * 5800 = 0.04 * 5800 = 232

Therefore, in a shipment of 5800 chips, 232 are expected to be defective.