SOLUTION: In a class of 40 students, 23 studying japanese,18 studying korean, 10 both studying japanese and korean. How many students are not taking any foreign languages? How many student

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Question 1142803:
In a class of 40 students, 23 studying japanese,18 studying korean, 10 both studying japanese and korean. How many students are not taking any foreign languages? How many students are studying japanese only? How many students are studying korean only?



Answer by greenestamps(13200) About Me  (Show Source):
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18 studying Korean and 10 studying both Japanese and Korean --> 8 studying Korean only.

23 studying Japanese and 10 studying both Japanese and Korean --> 13 studying Japanese only.

So....

Japanese only: 13
Korean only: 8
both: 10
neither: 40 - (13+8+10) = 40-31 = 9