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Given that 20 percent of all Americans own neither an automobile nor a bicycle, we have 100 - 20 = 80% of all Americans who own an automobile or bicycle or both.swerve wrote:If 75 percent of all Americans own an automobile, 15 percent of all Americans own a bicycle, and 20 percent of all Americans own neither an automobile nor a bicycle, what percent of Americans own both an automobile and a bicycle?
A. 0%
B. 1.33%
C. 3.75%
D. 5%
E. 10%
The OA is E.
Source: Princeton Review
\[? = x\,\% \]swerve wrote:If 75 percent of all Americans own an automobile, 15 percent of all Americans own a bicycle, and 20 percent of all Americans own neither an automobile nor a bicycle, what percent of Americans own both an automobile and a bicycle?
A. 0%
B. 1.33%
C. 3.75%
D. 5%
E. 10%
We can let the total number of Americans = 100 and create the following equation:swerve wrote:If 75 percent of all Americans own an automobile, 15 percent of all Americans own a bicycle, and 20 percent of all Americans own neither an automobile nor a bicycle, what percent of Americans own both an automobile and a bicycle?
A. 0%
B. 1.33%
C. 3.75%
D. 5%
E. 10%
The OA is E.
Source: Princeton Review
