An inspector found 18 defective radios during an inspection. If this is 0.024% of the total number of radios inspected, how many radios were inspected?

Respuesta :

Total number of defected radios is 18

Let the total number of defective radios be taken as y

If 0.024% of the total number of radios inspected are defective, i.e 0.024% of y

[tex]\frac{0.024}{100}y=18[/tex]

Solve for y, by cross multiplying

[tex]\begin{gathered} \frac{0.024}{100}y=18 \\ 0.024y=18\times100 \\ \text{Divide both sides by 0.024} \\ \frac{0.024y}{0.024}=\frac{1800}{0.024} \\ y=75000 \end{gathered}[/tex]

Hence, the number of radios inspected, y, is 75000