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A total of 165 people contributed to a charity event as either a donor or a volunteer. 130 people contributed as a donor. How many people contributed as a volunteer?

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Explanation

Choice A is correct. It’s given that a total of 165 people contributed to a charity event as either a donor or a volunteer. It’s also given that 130 people contributed as a donor. It follows that 165-130, or 35 , people contributed as a volunteer.

Choice B is incorrect. This is the number of people who contributed as a donor, not a volunteer.

Choice C is incorrect. This is the total number of people who contributed as either a donor or a volunteer, not the number of people who contributed as a volunteer.

Choice D is incorrect and may result from conceptual or calculation errors.