SOLUTION: A supermarket took a survey of 200 shoppers - 78 shoppers had hot-cross buns,92 shoppers had Easter eggs and 46 had neither. How many shoppers had a) both hot-cross buns and Easter
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Question 1090019: A supermarket took a survey of 200 shoppers - 78 shoppers had hot-cross buns,92 shoppers had Easter eggs and 46 had neither. How many shoppers had a) both hot-cross buns and Easter eggs? b)had hot-cross buns but not Easter eggs? Answer by ikleyn(52781) (Show Source):
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A supermarket took a survey of 200 shoppers - 78 shoppers had hot-cross buns,92 shoppers had Easter eggs and 46 had neither.
How many shoppers had a) both hot-cross buns and Easter eggs? b)had hot-cross buns but not Easter eggs?
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1. 200 - 46 = 154 was the number of those who had hot-cross buns OR had Easter eggs.
2. 78 + 92 - 154 = 16 was the number of those who had BOTH hot-cross buns AND Easter eggs.
It is the answer to question a).
3. 78 - 16 = 62 was the number of those who had hot-cross buns but not Easter eggs.
It is the answer to question b).
