document.write( "Question 989315: There are 29 people in a room. Of these, 11 speak French, 24 speak English, and 3 speak neither French nor English. How many people in the room speak both French and English? \n" ); document.write( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #609738 by solver91311(24713)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! \r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Since 3 speak neither, 26 speak either or both. Since 11 plus 24 is 35 and 35 is 9 greater than 26, 9 is the number that is counted twice when you add 11 and 24, hence 9 is the number that speak both.\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "John \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " |