Question

Eggs were shipped to a store in different sized cartons. In a random sample, 12 out of 144 eggs shipped were cracked. Using this rate about how many eggs are likely to be cracked in a shipment of 3,600 eggs?

Answer 1

300 is the answer.

144/12=12
3600/12=300

Answer 2

To find out how many eggs are likely to be cracked in a shipment of 3,600 eggs, we can use the given rate of cracked eggs from the random sample.

First, let's calculate the proportion of cracked eggs in the random sample:

Proportion of cracked eggs = Number of cracked eggs / Total number of eggs = 12 / 144

Now, let's find the proportion of cracked eggs per egg:

Proportion of cracked eggs per egg = 12 / 144 = 1 / 12

This means that, on average, 1 out of every 12 eggs is cracked.

To find out how many eggs are likely to be cracked in a shipment of 3,600 eggs, we can multiply the total number of eggs by the proportion of cracked eggs per egg:

Number of cracked eggs in shipment = 3,600 * (1 / 12)

Number of cracked eggs in shipment = 300

So, about 300 eggs are likely to be cracked in a shipment of 3,600 eggs.