SOLUTION: In a group of students, 50% of the students were taking statistics subjects, 30% economics and 10% both the subjects what is the probability that a student was taking neither stati

Question 1191615: In a group of students, 50% of the students were taking statistics subjects, 30% economics and 10% both the subjects what is the probability that a student was taking neither statistics nor economics?
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In a group of students, 50% of the students were taking statistics subjects,
30% economics and 10% both the subjects
what is the probability that a was taking neither statistics nor economics?
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            Notice how I edited your post to make it logically correct.

The percentage of those who take at least one subject is 50% + 30% - 10% = 70%.

The rest 30% of students take NEITHER statistics NOR economic.             ANSWER

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