SOLUTION: A survey of 100 students at New England College showed the following: 45 take English. 47 take history. 37 take language. 13 take English and history. 17 take English and

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Question 1078665: A survey of 100 students at New England College showed the following:
45 take English.
47 take history.
37 take language.
13 take English and history.
17 take English and language.
19 take history and language.
7 take all three.
How many students do the following? (See Example 6.)
(a) Take history but neither of the other two?

students
(b) Take English and history but not language?

students
(c) Take none of the three?

students
(d) Take just one of the three?

students
(e) Take exactly two of the three?

students
(f) Do not take language?

students

Answer by ikleyn(52866)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
A survey of 100 students at New England College showed the following:
45 take English.
47 take history.
37 take language.
13 take English and history.
17 take English and language.
19 take history and language.
7 take all three.
How many students do the following? (See Example 6.)
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Let E = the set of students learning English, and let n(E)= 45 be the number of elements in this set.

Let H = the set of students learning History, and let n(H)= 47 be the number of elements in this set.

Let L = the set of students learning Language, and let n(L)= 37 be the number of elements in this set.

Let EH = the intersection of E and H, and let n(EH)= 13 be the number  of elements in this set.

Let EL = the intersection of E and L, and let n(EL)= 17 be the number  of elements in this set.

Let HL = the intersection of H and L, and let n(EL)= 19 be the number  of elements in this set.

Let EHL = the intersection of E, H and L, and let n(EHL)= 7 be the number  of elements in this set.

        After introducing these notations,  we are ready  to  solve the problem  EASILY.

(a) Take history but neither of the other two?
 
        = n(H) - n(EH) - n(HL) + n(EHL) = 47 - 13 - 19 + 7 = 22.


(b) Take English and history but not language?
 
        = n(EH) - n(EHL) = 13 - 7 = 6.


(c) Take none of the three?
 
        = 100 - [n(E) + n(H) + n(L) - N(EH) - n(HL) - n(EL) + n(EHL)] = calculate it on your own: simply substitute data

                (What you see in BRACKETS is the number of those who takes at least one subject)


(d) Take just one of the three?
 
        = [n(E)-n(EH)-n(EL)+n(EHL)] + [n(L)-n(EL)-n(HL)+n(EHL)] + [n(H)-n(EH)-n(HL)+n(EHL)]] = calculate it on your own: simply substitute data


(e) Take exactly two of the three?
 
        = [n(EH) - n(EHL)] + [n(HL) - n(EHL)] + [n(EL) - n(EHL)] = calculate it on your own: simply substitute data


(f) Do not take language?
 
        = 100 - n(L) = 100 - 37 = 63.


See the lessons
    - Counting elements in sub-sets of a given finite set
    - Advanced problems on counting elements in sub-sets of a given finite set
in this site.


Also,  you have this free of charge online textbook in ALGEBRA-I in this site
    - ALGEBRA-I - YOUR ONLINE TEXTBOOK.

The referred lessons are the part of this online textbook under the topic
"Miscellaneous word problems".


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