document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=237605>Question 237605</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> at a party , exactly 17 people  ate pizza , and exactly 11 people ate hot dogs<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Eight of them ate both. Four people ate neither. The number of people at the party was\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(a) 21     (b) 24     (c) 28     (d) 32    (e) 40<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #174709 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Theo><B>Theo(13342)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Theo><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/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=Theo><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=174709\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> 17 ate pizza<BR>\n" );
document.write( "11 ate hotdors<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4 ate neither<BR>\n" );
document.write( "8 ate both.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "you have 17 + 11 + 4 = 32\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "out of the 17 + 11, 8 are counted twice so you have to subtract 8.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "you have 32 - 8 = 24\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "4 did not eat any hotdogs or pizza<BR>\n" );
document.write( "9 ate only pizza (17-8)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3 ate only hotdogs (11-8)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "8 ate both pizza and hotdogs\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "4 + 9 + 3 + 8 = 24\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Looks like that's your number.\r<BR>\n" );
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