If the 300 inspected light bulbs represent 20% of an hour's total production of light bulbs, how many light bulbs are produced in an hour

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Leia Day

Mathematics

27 April, 03:57

If the 300 inspected light bulbs represent 20% of an hour's total production of light bulbs, how many light bulbs are produced in an hour

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Ali · Answer 1

You can write this algebraically. 20% of a number is that number multiplied by 0.2, so 300 = 0.2x

Dividing by 0.2 (i. e. multiplying by 5) gives us x being 1500.

So 1500 light bulbs are produced in an hour.