SOLUTION: Charlie�s mother owns a collection of 45 classical music recording . of these, 2/5 were composed by Mozart, 1/5 were composed by Verdi, and 1/3 were composed by Haydn. How many

Question 363531: Charlie�s mother owns a collection of 45 classical music recording . of these, 2/5 were composed by Mozart, 1/5 were composed by Verdi, and 1/3 were composed by Haydn. How many of the cds contain music that was composed by either Mozart or Verdi?

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Charlie�s mother owns a collection of 45 classical music recording . of these, 2/5 were composed by Mozart, 1/5 were composed by Verdi, and 1/3 were composed by Haydn. How many of the cds contain music that was composed by either Mozart or Verdi?
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Mozart #: (2/5)45 = 18
Verdi #:: (1/5)45 = 9
Haydn #:: (1/3)45 = 15
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# composed by Mozart or Haydn = 18 + 15 = 33
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Cheers,
Stan H.

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