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PROBLEM SOLVING COME FLY WITH ME

Every year over two thousand men and women apply to the U.S. Air Force to become airplane pilots.
Applicants are eligible only if they satisfy three conditions: they must have 20-20 vision with glasses or
contact lenses; they must have no allergies requiring medication; and they must not get altitude sickness
when flying.

This year exactly 2000 people applied, and of those:
570 did not have 20-20 vision
798 had allergies
65 had altitude sickness
120 did not have 20-20 vision and had allergies
32 did not have 20-20 vision and had altitude sickness
45 had allergies and altitude sickness
25 had all three disqualifiers

To receive credit, you must answer the following three questions correctly:

1.How many applicants actually qualified?
2.How many applicants only had allergies?
3.How many applicants had exactly two disqualifiers?





For full credit, you must do the following:

1. Show all the steps you used to solve the problem. If you used a calculator or did some of the
work in your head, you must write a description of the steps that you followed.

AND
2. Write an explanation stating the mathematical reason(s) why you chose each of your steps.