Out of 35 shops in a town, 28 sell candy, 18 sell ice cream and 12 sell both candy and ice cream. Find the probability that a randomly selected shop sells
a) ice cream but not candy
b) candy but not ice cream

A

Step-by-step explanation:

ice cream but not candy

  n=   0.0000 - 0.3750 i  

  n=   0.0000 + 0.3750 i

step-by-step explanation:

one of these should be correct

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call the larger triangle abc

then the smaller triangle cde is similar to abc (all angles are equal, aaa).  

ab is the side that is 36, and we wish to find de, the side corresponding to ab

area_cde = area_abc - area_cde --> area_abc / area_cde = 2

let x=length of de

ratio of areas = (ratio of sides)^2

+2+=+%2836%2fx%29%5e2+

+2+=+1296%2fx%5e2+

++x%5e2+=+1296%2f2+=+648+

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