Here are the clues: Clues A. 8 would not go to the park. B. 7 would not go to the beach. C. 11 would not go to the family cottages. D. 3 would go to neither a park or beach. E. 4 would go to neither a beach nor the family cottage. F. 6 would go to neither a park nor the family cottage. G. 2 would not go to the park or a beach or a family cottage. H. 1 would go to all three places. Let's re-word all the clues and consider the members as non-park goers, non-beach goers, and non-cottage goers: Clues A. There are 8 non-park goers. B. There are 7 non-beach goers. C. There are 11 non-cottages goers. D. There are 3 non-park and non-beach goers. E. There are 4 non-beach and non-cottage goers. F. There ate 6 non-park and non-cottage goers. G. There are 2 non-park, non-beach and non-cottage goers. H. There is 1 who is neither a non-park, non-beach, or non-cottage goer. So lets make a three-set Venn Diagram with three mutually overlapping circles. All the non-park goers are in the NP circle. All the non-beach goers are within in the NB circle. All the non-cottage goers are within in the NC circle.Each little letter s through z represents the number of members in the category or categories NP, NB, and/or NC the region that letter is in: s = the number of NP only t = the number of NP and NB, but not NC u = the number of NB only v = the number of NP and NC but not NB w = the number of NP,NB, and NC x = the number of NB,NC, but not NP y = the number of NC only z = the number of not NP, not NB, and not NC So now we can look at the clues and determine: Clues A. There are 8 non-park goers. So s+t+v+w=8 B. There are 7 non-beach goers. So t+u+w+x=7 C. There are 11 non-cottages goers. So v+w+x+y=11 D. There are 3 non-park and non-beach goers. So t+w=3 E. There are 4 non-beach and non-cottage goers. So w+x=4 F. There ate 6 non-park and non-cottage goers. So v+w=6 G. There are 2 non-park, non-beach and non-cottage goers. So w=2 H. There is 1 who is neither a non-park, non-beach, or non-cottage goer. So z=1 From G we have w=2 From H we have z=1 From D we have t+w=3 and since w=2, t+2=3 and so t=1 From E we have w+x=4 and since w=2, 2+x=4 and so x=2 From F we have v+w=6 and since w=2, v+2=6 and so v=4 From A we have s+t+u+v=8, so s+1+4+2=8, so s=1 From B we have t+u+w+x=7, so 1+u+2+2=7, so u=2 From C we have v+w+x+y=11, so 4+2+2+y=11, so y=3 So we have a total of s+t+u+v+w+x+y+z = 1+1+2+4+2+2+3+1 = 16 Answer: 16 Montesano family members. Edwin