document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=276981>Question 276981</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A survey of 51 pet owners revealed that 32 owned dogs, 38 owned cats, and 3 owned neither dogs nor cats. How many owned both dogs and cats? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #201744 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=edjones><B>edjones(8007)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=edjones><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=edjones><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=201744\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> 51-3=48 own cars or dogs or both. Make a Venn diagram and put 3 in the rectangle but out side the circles.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Let x= owned both dogs and cats. That is the intersection of the 2 circles.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "32-x+38-x+x=48 the union of the 2 circles IE everything in the circles.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "32-x+38-x+x=48<BR>\n" );
document.write( "70-x=48<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-x=-22<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=22 owned both dogs and cats.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "FYI: 10 goes to the left of the intersection and 16 to the right.<BR>\n" );
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