SOLUTION: There are 20 balls in a box (5 balls with A on them, 6 balls with B on them,8 balls with C on them) have either 1, or 2 letters on them. If five balls have B and C on them, at mos

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Question 1042399: There are 20 balls in a box (5 balls with A on them, 6 balls with B on them,8 balls with C on them) have either 1, or 2 letters on them. If five balls have B and C on them, at most how many balls can have both A and B on them?
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If 5 balls have B and C on them, there is only one unaccounted for B.

John

My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it