A store received a shipment of 1,000 MP3 players, 4 of which were defective. If an MP3 player is randomly selected from this shipment, what is the probability that it is defective?
Correct answer: A
Explanation
Choice A is correct. The probability of randomly selecting a defective MP3 player from the shipment is equal to the number of defective MP3 players divided by the total number of MP3 players in the shipment. Therefore, the probability is , which is equivalent to 0.004.
Choice B is incorrect because 0.04 represents 4 defective MP3 players out of 100 rather than out of 1,000. Choice C is incorrect because 0.4 represents 4 defective MP3 players out of 10 rather than out of 1,000. Choice D is incorrect. This is the number of defective MP3 players in the shipment.
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