SOLUTION: Find the number of outcomes in the complement of the given event. Out of 342 high school students in their sophomore year, 179 are left-handed.

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Question 1153865: Find the number of outcomes in the complement of the given event.
Out of 342 high school students in their sophomore year, 179 are left-handed.

Answer by MathLover1(20850) About Me  (Show Source):
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The complement, for event E, denoted E%5Ec, consists of all outcomes in the sample space that are not in E.

so, if out of 342 high school students in their sophomore year, 179 are left-handed, then
342-179=163 are right-handed