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PROBLEM SOLVING Of 162 students honored at an academic awards banquet, 48 won awards for mathematics and 78 won awards for English. There are 14 students who won awards for both mathematics and English. A student is selected at random for an interview. What is the probability that the student won an award for English or mathematics? Express your first answer as a fraction in simplest form. Round your percent answer to the nearest tenth.

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Total who won math or English = 48 + 78 − 14 = 112.
Probability = 112/162 = 56/81.

As a percent: (56/81)·100 ≈ 69.1358% → 69.1%.