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Question 1122360: In a class of 4o students,23 are studying japanese,18 are studying korean and 10 are studying both japanese and korean.How many students are not taking any foreign language.


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In a class of highlight%28cross%284o%29%29 40 students, 23 are studying Japanese,18 are studying Korean and 10 are studying
both Japanese and Korean. How many students are not taking any foreign language.
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The number of students who study at least one of these two languages is 


    23 + 18 - 10 = 31.


I subtracted "10" from the sum of 23 and 18, because in this sum I counted twice those who study both languages.


Hence, the number of those in the class who does not take any of these two foreign languages is 40 - 31 = 9.


Answer.  9 students in the class do not take any of these two foreign languages.

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