"Forty-five percent of Americans like to cook and 59% of Americans like to shop, while 23% enjoy both activities. What is the probability that a randomly selected American either enjoys cooking or shopping or both"
22% only like to cook, 36% only like to shop, 23% like to do both (22+23 = 45; 36+23 = 59), so 19% don't like either. Hence probability of choosing one who likes one or the other or both is 1-0.19 or 0.81