SOLUTION: out of 70 students, 38 own a radio and 28 own a TV. If 8 students don't own either of them, what fraction of the students owns both a radio and TV?

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Question 940201: out of 70 students, 38 own a radio and 28 own a TV. If 8 students don't own either of them, what fraction of the students owns both a radio and TV?
Found 2 solutions by ewatrrr, Edwin McCravy:
Answer by ewatrrr(24785)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
38+28 = 66
66-62 = 4 Both
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4/70 = 2/35 own both
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Answer by Edwin McCravy(20060)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
I think your teacher wants you to use a Venn diagram (also known as Euler
diagram) like this:



The red circle represents a set R that contains all those who own a radio.

The blue circle represents a set T that contains all those who own a TV.

The left region of the red circle that has "a" in it are those who own
a Radio but do not own a TV.  

The middle region that has a "b" is part of both circles, and represents 
a set that contains all those who own BOTH a radio and a TV.
The right region of the blue circle that has "c" in it are those who own
a TV but do not own a radio.

The region that has "d" in it is outside of both circles.  It represents
the ones which have neither a radio nor a TV.  

If 8 students don't own either of them,
Therefore d=8, so we replace d by 8



38 own a radio
Therefore a+b=38

and 28 own a TV.
Therefore b+c=28

out of 70 students,
Therefore a+b+c+d=70, and since d=8,
a+b+c+8=70 or a+b+c=62

Subtracting these equations:

a+b+c=62
a+b  =38
--------
    c=24

Substituting in b+c=28
   b+24=28
      b=4

Substituting in 
    a+b=38
    a+4=38
      a=34

So the complete Venn diagram is

 

what fraction of the students owns both a radio and TV
That's the 4 in the middle region.

4 out of 70 is the fraction .

Edwin

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