document.write( "Question 288073: A college awarded 26 varsity letters in crew, 15 in swimming, and 16 in soccer. If awards went to 46 students and only 2 lettered in all sports, how many students lettered in two of the three sports \n" ); document.write( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #208772 by richwmiller(17219)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! This is illustrated with a venn diagram.\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "26+15+16=57 \n" ); document.write( "but 2 are in all three. \n" ); document.write( "Remove 4 \n" ); document.write( "57-4=53 \n" ); document.write( "53-46=7 \n" ); document.write( "There are 7 students who lettered in two of three sports. \n" ); document.write( " |