document.write( "Question 1140169: If there are five people in a room. 3 of them are studying math. 4 people are studying
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document.write( "science. How many people are studying both math and science, if one person is
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Algebra.Com's Answer #760658 by josmiceli(19441)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! This is a Venn diagram with 2 intersecting \n" ); document.write( "circles. There is 1 person outside of both circles \n" ); document.write( "( math and science circles ), so \n" ); document.write( "are in the circles. Label as follows: \n" ); document.write( "X = only studies math \n" ); document.write( "Y = studies both \n" ); document.write( "Z = only studies science \n" ); document.write( "(1) X + Y + Z = 4 \n" ); document.write( "(2) X + Y = 3 ( given ) \n" ); document.write( "(3) Y + Z = 4 ( given ) \n" ); document.write( "------------------------- \n" ); document.write( "From (1) and (3), X must be zero \n" ); document.write( "So, from(2), Y = 3 , and plug this into (3) \n" ); document.write( "Z = 1 \n" ); document.write( "------------------------ \n" ); document.write( "So, 3 people are studying both. \n" ); document.write( "Get another opinion if needed \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " |