Sam receives a shipment of 36 football helmets. Of the 36 football helmets in the shipment, four of them were scratched and need to be returned. If another shipment of 108 helmets arrive, then how many are likely to be scratched

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adioabiola adioabiola · Answer 1 · 2022-05-06T11:30:14+02:00

The number of football helmets which are likely to be scratched from the 108 helmets is; 12.

It follows from the task content that of the initial shipment of 108 football helmets; four of them were scratched.

On this note, the number of helmets likely to be scratched from the new shipment of 108 helmets can be evaluated by ratios as;

x = (108 × 4)/36 = 12 scratched helmets.