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document.write( "A car dealership interviewed every driver who came onto their lot on Tuesday. This produced the following results: there were 26 people who owned trucks and 45 people who owned cars. If 9 people owned both a truck and a car and 11 people owned neither, how many people were interviewed? \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Could you provide me with some assistance, please? Also, to get a better understanding of this, would you mind showing me how you arrived to your answers? Thank you so much!<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #330146 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=stanbon><B>stanbon(75887)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=stanbon><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/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=330146\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A car dealership interviewed every driver who came onto their lot on Tuesday. This produced the following results: there were 26 people who owned trucks and 45 people who owned cars. If 9 people owned both a truck and a car and 11 people owned neither, how many people were interviewed?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Use a Venn Diagram:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Draw a rectangle around 2 intersecting circles.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Label the circles \"trucks\" and \"cars\".<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "There are 11 people in the rectangle and not in either circle.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "There are 9 people in the intersection of trucks and cars.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "There are 26-9 = 17 who owned trucks but no cars<BR>\n" );
document.write( "There are 45-9 = 36 who owned cars but no trucks<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Answer:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "# of people interviewed = 11+9 + 17+36 = 73<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H. <BR>\n" );
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