A survey was conducted in which a random sample of 1,000 people were asked to pick their favorite type of music. The top three were:

Pop 30%
Rock 26%
Country 20%

How many of the people surveyed did not like any of the top three types of music?

Question

A survey was conducted in which a random sample of 1,000 people were asked to pick their favorite type of music. The top three were:

     Pop          30%
     Rock       26%
     Country   20%

How many of the people surveyed did not like any of the top three types of music?

anonymous · Answer

Horribly worded question. I'm sure they really mean: how many people surveyed did not pick one of these 3 as their favorite type?

The % who picked another type will just be 100 - (30+26+20) which is 24%.
So 24% of 1000 is your answer.