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A factory produces bottled water at a rate of 2,000 cases per hour. They know that 1.14% of the cases must be rejected because at least one bottle was damaged in the production line.

Aexpress the percent as a rate per 100.

Bwrite and solve a proportion to find how many cases are rejected each hour during production.

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1.14 per 100 or 1.14:100 or \(\frac{1.14}{100}\)

\(\frac{1.14}{100} = \frac{n}{2000}\)

I will multiply the numerator by 20 because multiplying by 20 is how 100 became 2000
22.8 cases are rejected per hour.

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