document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1204084>Question 1204084</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A survey of athletes at a high school is conducted, and the following facts are discovered: 19% of the athletes are football players, 45% are basketball players, and 3% 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? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Preliminary note....<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "In standard usage, \"... is either a football player or a basketball player...\" allows the possibility that the athlete plays both sports.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Adding the 19% that play football and the 45% that play basketball gives a total of 64%.  But in adding those percentages we have counted the 3% who play both sports twice.  So only 64-3=61% of them play either football or basketball, or both.<br><BR>\n" );
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