document.write( "Question 257923: Everyone in a class of 30 students takes math and history. Seven students received an A in history, 13 received an A in math, and 4 received an A in both courses. How many students did not receive an A in either course? \n" ); document.write( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #189788 by Theo(13342)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! 30 students total. \n" ); document.write( "7 received an a in history. \n" ); document.write( "13 received an a in math. \n" ); document.write( "4 received an a in both courses. \n" ); document.write( "how many students did not receive an a in either course.\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "20 total received an a in history or math.\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "of these, 4 received an a in history and math.\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "those 4 are being counted twice.\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "once in history and once in math.\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "you need to subtract 4 from the number who got an a in history or an a in math to get a total of 16 students who got an a in history or in math.\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "this leaves 30 - 16 = 14 students who did not get an a in either course.\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "here's the breakdown.\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "14 students did not get an a in either course. \n" ); document.write( "3 students got an a in history only. \n" ); document.write( "9 students got an a in math only. \n" ); document.write( "4 students got an a in both history and math.\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "total is 30 students.\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " |