Dwayne, the manager for Lighting and Electronics at Home Hub, received a delivery of 3 boxes of penlights. Each box contained 2 dozen penlights. Dwayne tested all the penlights and discovered that 6 of them were defective.%0D%0A%0D%0ABased on these results, what can Dwayne predict about the next delivery of penlights?%0D%0AResponses%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0AA%09A delivery of 2 boxes will contain half as many defective penlights as a delivery of 3 boxes.A delivery of 2 boxes will contain half as many defective penlights as a delivery of 3 boxes.%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0AB%09A delivery of 4 boxes will contain 8 more defective penlights than a delivery of 3 boxes.A delivery of 4 boxes will contain 8 more defective penlights than a delivery of 3 boxes.%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0AC%09A delivery of 5 boxes will contain 4 more defective penlights than a delivery of 3 boxes.A delivery of 5 boxes will contain 4 more defective penlights than a delivery of 3 boxes.%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0AD%09A delivery of 6 boxes will contain 3 times as many defective penlights as the delivery of 3 boxes.A delivery of 6 boxes will contain 3 times as many defective penlights as the delivery of 3 boxes.
D. A delivery of 6 boxes will contain 3 times as many defective penlights as the delivery of 3 boxes.
Since there were 6 defective penlights in a delivery of 3 boxes, it can be assumed that the rate of defective penlights is constant. Therefore, if Dwayne receives 6 boxes in the next delivery, he can predict that there will be 18 defective penlights (3 times as many as in the delivery of 3 boxes).