SOLUTION: A group of 100 people touring Europe includes 34 people who speak French, 68 who speak Spanish, and 14 who speak neither language. How many people in the group speak both French an

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Question 1097239: A group of 100 people touring Europe includes 34 people who speak French, 68 who speak Spanish, and 14 who speak neither language. How many people in the group speak both French and Spanish ?
Found 2 solutions by Boreal, ikleyn:
Answer by Boreal(15235) About Me  (Show Source):
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14 don't speak either.
86 speak one or the other.
That would be 34 F+ 68 S-the ones who speak both, because they are double counted.
86=34+68- double counting (both languages)
-16=- double counting
Speak both: 16.

Answer by ikleyn(52788) About Me  (Show Source):
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Also see the lesson
    - Counting elements in sub-sets of a given finite set
in this site.