document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1201098>Question 1201098</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A survey of athletes at a high school is conducted, and the following facts are discovered: 45% of the athletes are football players, 28% are basketball players, and 15% of the athletes play both football and basketball. An athlete is chosen at random from the high school: what is the probability that the athlete is either a football player or a basketball player?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A survey of athletes at a high school is conducted, and the following facts are discovered: <BR>\n" );
document.write( "45% of the athletes are football players, 28% are basketball players, <BR>\n" );
document.write( "and 15% of the athletes play both football and basketball. <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "    | \" . . . is a football player or is a basketball player,                  |\r\n" );
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document.write( "The answer is  P = (45%-15%) + (28%-15%) = 30% + 13% = 43%.\r\n" );
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