The phrase who had an annual physical exam makes this a conditional probability question: the exam group, not the whole survey, is the group you divide by. First find the share with at least one of the two health measures by subtracting the share with neither from . Then find the share with both before dividing. Don't subtract “neither” from the exam group; those adults aren't in it.
Hints
- Hint 1
The phrase who had an annual physical exam limits the group you’re considering. A conditional percentage compares people with both measures to all people with an exam. Which given percentage describes that group?
- Hint 2
The complement of having neither measure is having at least one: a flu shot, an exam, or both. Subtract the neither percentage from to find that share.
- Hint 3
An intersection is the group with both measures. Adding the flu-shot and exam percentages counts that group twice, while the at-least-one percentage counts it once. How can you isolate the extra copy?
Step-by-step
Find the overlap, then restrict the group
Step 1Choose the group you’ll divide by
The condition is who had an annual physical exam. So the denominator, the group you divide by, is the of adults who had an exam. We can use percentages of all adults because the would cancel from the top and bottom of the fraction.
- Step 2
Find the share with at least one measure
Neither means no flu shot and no exam. Its complement is having at least one of them. Subtract the neither share from all adults:
So had a flu shot, an exam, or both.
- Step 3
Find the share with both
Adding the flu-shot share and the exam share counts adults in both groups twice, but the with at least one counts them once. Subtract the at-least-one share to find the intersection, the adults in both groups. Type in Desmos; it shows . So
of all adults had both.
- Step 4
Find the percent within the exam group
The with both is the numerator, the part of the exam group you want. Divide by the with an exam. Type on the next Desmos line; it shows about . To the nearest tenth, of adults who had an annual physical exam also received a flu shot. Choice C.