document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=49187>Question 49187</A>This question is from textbook <A HREF=http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0321205650/algebrahomeworkh>survey of math with applications</A><BR>\n" );
document.write( ": <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A staff member of a local university reported the following: “Out of one senior class of 500 students, 281 are taking English, 196 are taking English and History, 87 are taking History and a foreign language, 143 are taking foreign language and English, and 36 are taking all three.”  Later in the week she was fired. Explain why.  </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #32636 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josmiceli><B>josmiceli(19441)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josmiceli><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=josmiceli><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=32636\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> It looks like the total of those taking English  + History<BR>\n" );
document.write( "English + Foreign Language and those taking all three add<BR>\n" );
document.write( "up to more than the 281 supposed to be taking English.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "I get<BR>\n" );
document.write( "E + H 160 + 36<BR>\n" );
document.write( "E + FL 107 + 36<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Count the 36 taking all three once, so<BR>\n" );
document.write( "160 + 107 + 36 = 303 </SPAN>\n" );
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