22% committed crimes, 28% attended college, and 56% did neither.

Question

What percent of people in the study who went to college also committed crimes?

Answer 1

Since 56% of the people did neither, that excludes them both from the 22% who committed crimes and the 28% who attended college.

 

First, let's subtract 56% from the whole:

100% - 56% = 44%

 

So that leaves 44% of people who committed crimes, attended college, or both. Let's add up 22% and 28% to see what we get:

 

22% + 28% = 50%

 

Since we simply added them, we double counted those who both committed crimes and attended college. So we have to subtract:

 

50% - 44% = 6%

 

6% of people committed crimes and attended college.