SOLUTION: In a class of 50 students, 18 take music, 26 take art, and 2 take both art and music.How many students in the class are not enrolled in either music or art?

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Question 712247: In a class of 50 students, 18 take music, 26 take art, and 2 take both art and music.How many students in the class are not enrolled in either music or art?

Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
18 - 2 = 16 only take music

26 - 2 = 24 only take art

16+24+2 = 42 take either music or art (or both at the same time)

50 - 42 = 8 take neither music nor art.

So the answer is 8 students.

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