Question

out of order?
A shop has 500 items, out of which 5 are defective. What per cent are defective?​

Answer 1

Answer:

total items : 500

no.of items defective : 5

no.of items which are good : 500 - 5 = 495

percentage of defective items :

= no.of defective items ÷ total no.of items × 100%

= 5 ÷ 500 × 100

= 1%

so answer is 1 percent of defective items .

Answer 2

1% are the defective items in the shop.