6)a cell phone company orders 500 new phones from a manufacturer. if the probability of a phone being defective is 2.9%, predict how many of the phones are likely to be defective. round to the nearest whole number. show work

14.5 (15 rounded).

To find the answer, we are going to have to multiply the amount of phones bought by the decimal equal to the percent chance that it will be defective. The decimal would be 0.029 because that is 2.9% of 1, and in this case 1 is equal to 100%. Now we multiply: 500*0.029 = 14.5. Obviously there can't be half a phone defective, so if the teacher tells you to round, round up to 15. If they don't tell you, then leave it as 14.5.