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Body Types: A study on body types gave the following results:
45% were short; 25% were short and overweight; and 24% were tall and not overweight.
Find the probabilities that a person is the following.
a. Overweight
b. Short, but not overweight
c. Tall and overweight

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Let S = Short, T = Tall and W = overweight

n(S) = 45

Therefore, n(T) = n(Not S) = ...

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