SOLUTION: In a group of 80 high school student, 30 study Spanish, 40 study French, and 25 study neither Spanish nor French. How many of 80 students study both Spanish and French?
(A) 18
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(A) 18
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Question 252898: In a group of 80 high school student, 30 study Spanish, 40 study French, and 25 study neither Spanish nor French. How many of 80 students study both Spanish and French?
(A) 18 (B) 15 (C) 20 (D) 16 (E) 13
You can put this solution on YOUR website! The first thing is to find out how many do take either language.
Since 25 don't take either that means that 80-25 take at least one of them.
55 take at least one of them
30+40 study French and Spanish.
70-55 take both French and Spanish
and 15 take only Spanish and 25 take only French.
I find it hard to believe that more take French than Spanish.
That was true when I went to school back in the dark ages but there are so many more Hispanics now.
