document.write( "Question 254151: In a group of 40 students, 20 have cats, 15 have dogs, and 4 have both cats and dogs.\r
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document.write( "(a) How many students have neither cats nor dogs?
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document.write( "(b) How many students have cats but not dogs? \n" );
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Algebra.Com's Answer #186473 by solver91311(24713)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! \r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "If 4 have both cats and dogs and 20 have cats, then 16 must have a cat but not a dog. Similarly, if 4 have both and 15 have dogs, then 11 must have dogs but no cats.\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "So 16 plus 4 plus 11 equals 31 of the 40 students have one or the other or both leaving 9 that have neither.\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "John \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " |