SOLUTION: In an AP* stats class , 57% of students eat breakfast in the morning and 80% of students floss their teeth. Forty-six percent of students eat breakfast and also floss their teeth.

Algebra.Com
Question 935281: In an AP* stats class , 57% of students eat breakfast in the morning and 80% of students floss their teeth. Forty-six percent of students eat breakfast and also floss their teeth.
1)_______what is the probability that a student from the class eats breakfast but does not floss their teeth. A)57% B)91% C)11% D)9% E)34%
2)_______what is the probability that a student from the class eats breakfast or flosses their teeth?
A)34% B)57% C)91% D)9% E)11%
*Could you please tell me step by step how to do each problem? Thank You so much for helping me !! :)

Answer by MathLover1(20850)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
1.
% => answer is E)
2.
P(A∩B) = P(A) + P(B) - P(AUB) <------- Identity that you should know
% = % + % -
= %+% - %
= % - %
= %...... so, answer is C)%

RELATED QUESTIONS

_________________what is the probability that a student from the class eats breakfast but (answered by Rosseta786)
A study of 115 people shows that 85 eat breakfast, 58 use dental floss regularly, and 27 (answered by ikleyn)
Suppose 55% of all adults floss their teeth daily. If 12 adults are randomly selected,... (answered by ewatrrr)
Please help me solve: The american dietetic association states that 11 out of every 25... (answered by jim_thompson5910,vleith)
If 25 % of class likes to eat ice cream, how many students are in the... (answered by Alan3354)
There are 100 students enrolled in various AP courses at American High School. There are... (answered by ikleyn)
If 28 students are 80% of the class, how many students are in the... (answered by MathLover1)
if there are 33 students in a class and 15 students made an A on their test what fraction (answered by jim_thompson5910)
Forty percent of thirty students in the class are boys. How many girls are in the... (answered by Fombitz)