Fifty people said they liked apples or bananas or both. Forty percent of people like apples and 70% of the people like bananas. What percentage of people like only apples?
No the question actually says fifty people
"fifty people"? I assume you meant 50 percent
if 70 percent liked bananas, then 30 percent did not like bananas.
of the fifty people then, 15 did not like bananas, so 35 liked apples only.
To find the percentage of people who like only apples, we need to subtract the percentage of people who like both apples and bananas from the percentage of people who like apples.
First, let's calculate the number of people who like only bananas. We know that 70% of people like bananas, so 70% of 50 people is:
(70/100) * 50 = 35 people
Next, we need to calculate the number of people who like both apples and bananas. We also know that 40% of people like apples, so 40% of 50 people is:
(40/100) * 50 = 20 people
Now, let's subtract the number of people who like both apples and bananas from the total number of people who like apples to find the number of people who like only apples:
50 people - 20 people = 30 people
Finally, to find the percentage of people who like only apples, we divide the number of people who like only apples by the total number of people (50), and then multiply by 100:
(30/50) * 100 = 60%
Therefore, 60% of people like only apples.