Medicare Pte produces medicine of several types. It is launching a productivity drive this year and aims to achieve a defective rate of less than 0.3% for its priduction. In this year, 20kg of the medicine are produced and resulted in a waste of 4500mg. Did the company meet its productivity target?
Answer:
Level: Middle school
Subject: Math
Topic: Word problem solving
Answer: Yes the company met it's productivity goals
Steps:
1. Convert kg to mg
1 kg = 100000 mg
20 kg * 1000000 mg / kg = 20000000 mg
2. Find out the maximum about of defective product they are allowed to have
Maximum amount of defective product allowed is 0.3 %
which is 0.3 / 100 * 20000000 mg = 60000 mg
3. Compare the max with what they hard.
4500 mg < 60000 mg
The waste they had was 4500 mg which is less then 60000 mg
They met their productivity goals
Level: Middle school
Subject: Math
Topic: Word problem solving
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