Official Solution: At a professional conference, two optional events were offered: a product demo and a networking breakfast. If 70% of the attendees registered for the product demo and 25% of the attendees registered for both events, how many attendees registered for neither event? \(\{\text{Total}\} = \{\text{Demo only}\} + \{\text{Breakfast only}\} + \{\text{Both}\} + \{\text{Neither}\}\)
Also:
\(\{\text{Demo}\} = \{\text{Demo only}\} + \{\text{Both}\}\)
So:
\(\{\text{Demo only}\} = \{\text{Demo}\} - \{\text{Both}\} = 0.70 * \{\text{Total}\} - 0.25 * \{\text{Total}\} = 0.45 * \{\text{Total}\}\)
The question asks for \(\{\text{Neither}\}\).
(1) 30 attendees registered for the networking breakfast but not for the product demo.
So:
\(\{\text{Breakfast only}\} = 30\)
Using the total formula:
\(\{\text{Total}\} = \{\text{Demo only}\} + \{\text{Breakfast only}\} + \{\text{Both}\} + \{\text{Neither}\}\)
\(\{\text{Total}\} = 0.45 * \{\text{Total}\} + 30 + 0.25 * \{\text{Total}\} + \{\text{Neither}\}\)
\(\{\text{Neither}\} = 0.30 * \{\text{Total}\} - 30\)
But \(\{\text{Total}\}\) is not known.
Not sufficient.
(2) 150 attendees did not register for the networking breakfast.
Those attendees are in \(\{\text{Demo only}\}\) and \(\{\text{Neither}\}\). So:
\(\{\text{Demo only}\} + \{\text{Neither}\} = 150\)
\(0.45 * \{\text{Total}\} + \{\text{Neither}\} = 150\)
But \(\{\text{Total}\}\) is not known.
Not sufficient.
(1)+(2) From statement (1):
\(\{\text{Neither}\} = 0.30 * \{\text{Total}\} - 30\)
From statement (2):
\(0.45 * \{\text{Total}\} + \{\text{Neither}\} = 150\)
Substitute:
\(0.45 * \{\text{Total}\} + 0.30 * \{\text{Total}\} - 30 = 150\)
\(0.75 * \{\text{Total}\} = 180\)
\(\{\text{Total}\} = 240\)
Therefore:
\(\{\text{Neither}\} = 0.30 * 240 - 30 = 72 - 30 = 42\)
Sufficient.
Answer: C