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In a large statistics course, 75% of the students passed the first exam, 72% of the students pass the second exam, and 63% of the students passed both exams. Find the proportion of students that passed at least one exam.

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The proportion of students that passed at least one exam = 97.41% or 0.9741

Step-by-step explanation:

% of students that passed the first exam = 75%

% that failed the first exam = 100% - 75% = 25%

% of students passed the second exam = 72%

% that failed the second exam = 100% - 72% = 28%

% of students passed the second exam = 63%

% that failed the third exam = 100% - 63% = 37%

the proportion of students that passed at least one exam = 100% - the percentage of those who failed all the three exams

the proportion of those who failed all the three exams = 25% × 28% × 37%

= 0.25×0.28×0.37 = 0.0259

the percentage of those who failed all the three exams = 100 × 0.0259 = 2.59%

the proportion of students that passed at least one exam = 100% - 2.59%

The proportion of students that passed at least one exam = 97.41% or 0.9741

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