The Quality Control Director at Ace Industries Has Determined That

Multiple Choice

The quality control director at Ace Industries has determined that, currently far too many of the Aces they produce are defective. His target is to reduce the defective rate by 5% of the previous month's rate for each of the next six months. If he is successful what proportion of the current rate of defective Aces will he have eliminated?

A) 26.5%
B) 30.0%
C) 34.0%
D) 48.6%
E) 16.5%