Question

Harmon’s Jewelry Store receives a shipment of 500 jewelry pieces, but 15 pieces are damaged. At this rate, if Mrs. Harmon places an order for 5,500 jewelry pieces, how many should she expect to be damaged?

Answer 1

Answer:

165.

Step-by-step explanation:

By making it a problem of persentage :

Total pieces : 500

Damaged : 15

Percentage of damaged pieces : (15/500)×100

=> 3%

Now total pieces in second case : 5500

if the damage of pieces remains constant then :

=> 3% of 5500= 3×55

Ans = 165 pieces .

By making it a problem of percentages :

500pieces = 15 damages

Therefore , let the no. of damaged pieces in 5500 pieces be 'x'

Then the proportion :-

=15:500::x:5500

=>15×5500=500x [by cross multiplication]

=>x=(15×5500)/500

=>x=165

Hence , The Answers is 165 damaged pieces.

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