document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=79288>Question 79288</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> I hope you can help me with this... Can you expain it to me also.. thanks<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Seventy-two of the 140 students in the 8th grade are in school orchestra. 42 are in the chorus, and 12 are in both. For 8th grade:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "1. How many are in the orchestra only?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2. How many are in the chorus only?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3. How many are in neither?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "8. How many different students are there in the combined orchestra-chorus group?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(I came up with one set of answers, but my father comes up with different answers..)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "1. There are 72 members in the orchestra, but 12 are also in chorus so those students don't count here. 72-12 = 60<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2. There are 42 members in the chorus, but 12 are also in orchestra so those students don't count here. 42-12 = 30<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3. We know that there are 140 students total, we also know that there are a total of 114 (72+42) in orchestra and chorus, but 12 students are counted twice in that total because they are a member of both. So, 114-12=102 and then you can subtract that number from 140 to get 38.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "8. In #3 we figured out this answer. There are a total of 114 members in orchestra and chorus, but 12 are counted twice, so 114 - 12 = 102.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "I hope this helps! </SPAN>\n" );
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