Three hundred high school seniors were surveyed about their intended college majors. The results are displayed in the Venn Diagram below.

If a student is randomly selected from the group, what is the probability that they are majoring in both math and science? Round your answer to the nearest whole percent.

A) 10%

B) 17%

C) 33%

D) 40%

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Aubrie Lowe

Mathematics

23 November, 02:27

Three hundred high school seniors were surveyed about their intended college majors. The results are displayed in the Venn Diagram below.

If a student is randomly selected from the group, what is the probability that they are majoring in both math and science? Round your answer to the nearest whole percent.

A) 10%

B) 17%

C) 33%

D) 40%

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Sarai Jenkins · Answer 1

The sample space of the problem is 300 while the U' is equal to 100 as given. The given diagram also shows A and B separately so we can determine the part where the two coincides. The equation goes

120 + 50 + x + 100 = 300x = 30

Hence the probability is 30 / 300 or 10%