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Question 390415: A guidance counselor is planning schedules for 30 students. Sixteen students say they want to take French, 16 want to take Spanish, and 11 want to take Latin. Five say they want to take both French and Latin, and of these 3 wanted to take Spanish as well. 5 want only Latin and 8 want only Spanish. How many want French only?
Answer by edjones(8007) About Me  (Show Source):
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Make a 3 circle Venn diagram to be able to understand this.
1 takes spanish and latin 11-(2+3+5)
4 take spanish and french 16-(8+1+3)
6 take fench only 16-(4+3+2)
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Ed