document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=23622>Question 23622</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> I have the following word problem and I think the answer is 2 but I do not know how to write the equation.  Can you help?  Thank you.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "A car dealer has 22 vehicles on his lot. If 8 of the vehicles are vans and 6 of the vehicles are red and 10 vehicles are neither vans nor red, how many red vans does he have on his lot?  </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #12485 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=stanbon><B>stanbon(75887)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=stanbon><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=12485\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> 10 of the 22 are neither vans nor red.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "That leaves 12 that may be van, red, or red-vans<BR>\n" );
document.write( "8 of the 12 are vans, some of which may be red<BR>\n" );
document.write( "That leaves 4 that are strickly red.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "But you were told there are 6 red vehicles.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Two of those red vehicles must be vans.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H. </SPAN>\n" );
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