A shoe factory inspects all of its shoes before shipping. It rejects 3 out of every 200 pairs of shoes as defective. What percentage of shoes are rejected?(1 point)

Question

Responses

6%
6%

15%
15%

1.5%
1.5%

3%
3%

Answer 1

To find the percentage of shoes that are rejected, you can use the formula:

\[ \text{Percentage rejected} = \left(\frac{\text{Number of rejected pairs}}{\text{Total number of pairs}}\right) \times 100 \]

Given that 3 out of every 200 pairs are rejected:

\[ \text{Percentage rejected} = \left(\frac{3}{200}\right) \times 100 \]

Calculating that:

\[ \text{Percentage rejected} = 0.015 \times 100 = 1.5% \]

Therefore, the correct answer is 1.5%.