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#38860

data analysis

arithmetic

word problem

estimation

statistics

percentage

hard

120 sec

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A manufacturing plant produces 800 widgets per day. A quality control inspector randomly selected 100 widgets and found 8 of them to be defective. Based on this sample, the estimated percentage of defective widgets is $8%$ . If the actual percentage of defective widgets in the entire daily production could be $1%$ higher or $1%$ lower than this sample estimate, what is the maximum possible number of defective widgets in a day's production?

• Up to 5 characters (6 if negative). Only numbers, decimal (.), fraction (/), negative (-).
• Fractions must be in lowest terms.
• Mixed numbers must be converted to improper fractions.