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document.write( "There are 100 monsters. 38 of them are visible, the rest are invisible. Amongst the visible
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document.write( "monsters, 16 glow red, 18 glow blue, 18 glow green, 7 glow red and blue, 5 glow blue and
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document.write( "green and 6 glow red and green. (Note that \16 glow red\" should be interpreted as: 16
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document.write( "monsters glow red, but each of those monsters is free to glow other colours too. The other
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document.write( "numbers should also be interpreted in the same way).
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document.write( "One day the monsters that simultaneously glow with all three colours, decide to join forces
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document.write( "with the invisible monsters, to form a mighty army. How many monsters are in the army?
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Algebra.Com's Answer #480591 by KMST(5328)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! The number of visible monster is said to be \n" ); document.write( "The rest of the 100 monsters is \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "There are \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "There are also \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "If you add \n" ); document.write( "the 16 monsters that glow red, plus \n" ); document.write( "the 18 monsters that glow blue, plus \n" ); document.write( "the 18 monsters that glow green \n" ); document.write( "you get \n" ); document.write( "That count of 52 glowing monsters exceeds the number of visible monsters. \n" ); document.write( "If we were counting each visible monster just once we should add up to 38. \n" ); document.write( "That means that some monsters are being counted more than once in that total of \n" ); document.write( "The difference, \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "Adding the numbers of monsters that glow with at least two colors at once we get \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "So \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "That might army includes the 4 triple color monsters, plus the 62 invisible ones, for a total of \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " |