SOLUTION: In a town of 500 people, 298 have bicycle, 225 have bike and 140 have car. 29 have both bicycle and bike, 35 have both bike and car, 20 have both bicycle and car and 11 have all th

Question 1157570: In a town of 500 people, 298 have bicycle, 225 have bike and 140 have car. 29 have both bicycle and bike, 35 have both bike and car, 20 have both bicycle and car and 11 have all the three. How many have only car?
Answer by ikleyn(52781) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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    Car_only = Car - (Car and Bicycle) - (Car and Bike) + (All_the_three) = 140 - 20 - 35 + 11 = 96.    ANSWER

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