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  1. There were 15 people in the survey who owned neither a VCR nor a computer. The picture below shows how to classify the 200 people in the survey.



    80% of 200 = 160 160 people owned a VCR.
    50% of 200 = 100 100 people owned a computer.
    75 people owned both a VCR and a computer.

    Notice that 185 people are inside the strings (85 + 75 + 25 = 185), so 15 people are outside; that is, 15 people owned neither a VCR nor a computer.


  2. 160 people in the survey owned a VCR (see problem #1).

    Half (80) watched movies
    Half (80) taped TV shows
    Some (32) watched movies
    and taped TV shows.
    20% of 160 = 32 Some (32) never used their VCR

    The picture below shows how to classify the 160 people who owned a VCR.



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