2011 AMC 8 Problems/Problem 6
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Problem
In a town of adults, every adult owns a car, motorcycle, or both. If adults own cars and adults own motorcycles, how many of the car owners do not own a motorcycle?
Solutions
Solution 1
By PIE, the number of adults who own both cars and motorcycles is Out of the car owners, of them own motorcycles and of them don't.
Solution 2
There are total adults, and own a motorcycle. The number of adults that don't own a motorcycle is . Since everyone owns a car or motorcycle, one who doesn't own a motorcycle owns a car, so the answer is .
See Also
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