In a housing project there are 350 households in which English is spoken, 50 in which Spanish is spoken, and 100 in which the language is other than English or Spanish.
If a psychologist approaches a house at random to conduct an interview, the chance that the language in that household will NOT be English is
A) 1/500 = .002
B) 50/350 = .14
C) 150/500 = .3
D) 150/350 = .43
Question 2
When comparing percentage rate increases with decreases, the same absolute difference yields
a. the same percentage difference
b. the percentage increase calculates out as larger than the decrease
c. the percentage decrease calculates out as larger than the increase
d. comparing percentage increases with decreases cannot be done
