A First Course in Probability (10th Edition)
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A pet store keeps track of the purchases of customers over a four hour period. The store manager classifies purchases as containing a dog product, a cat product, a fish product, or product for a different kind of pet. She found that 83 purchased a dog product; 101 purchased a cat product; 22 purchased a fish product; 31 purchased a dog and a cat product; 8 purchased a dog and a fish product; 10 purchased a cat and a fish product; 6 purchased a dog, a cat, and a fish product, 34 purchased a product for a pet other than a dog, cat, or fish. How many purchases were for a dog or a fish product?
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