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31 August, 07:32

In a certain city, 80 percent of the households have cable television and 60 percent of the households have videocassette recorders. If there are 150,000 households in the city, then the number of households that have both cable television and videocassette recorders could be any number from:

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  1. 31 August, 07:42
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    Answer: 60000 households have both cable television and videocassette recorders.

    Step-by-step explanation:

    Let x represent the number of households that have both cable television and videocassette recorders.

    In the city, 80 percent of the households have cable television.

    If there are 150,000 households in the city, then the number of households that have cable television would be

    80/100 * 150000 = 120000

    Also, 60 percent of the households have videocassette recorders. It means that the number of households that have videocassette recorders would be

    60/100 * 150000 = 90000

    The number that have only only cable television is 120000 - x

    The number that have only only videocassette recorders is

    90000 - x

    Therefore,

    120000 - x + 90000 - x + x = 150000

    210000 - x = 150000

    x = 210000 - 150000

    x = 60000
  2. 31 August, 08:25
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    60,000

    Step-by-step explanation:

    Let the total people in the household be 100%

    If 80 percent of the households have cable television, 60 percent of the households have videocassette recorders and the number of households that have both cable television and videocassette recorders is 'x' percent. The number of households having ONLY cable television will be 80-x while households having ONLY videocassette will be 60-x.

    To get x, we will have;

    80-x + 60-x + x = 100

    140-x = 100

    x = 140-100

    x = 40

    This shows that 40% of the households have both cable television and videocassette.

    If there are 150,000 households in the city, then the number of households that have both cable television and videocassette recorders could be 40% of 150,000

    = 40/100 * 150,000

    = 60,000

    Number of households that owns both television and videocassette could be from 60,000.
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