Language Classes
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. Five want only Latin, and 8 want only Spanish. How many students want French only?
The answer is 7.
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1 solution
The number of students take both Latin and Spanish is: 1 1 − 5 − 5 = 1 The number of students take both French and Spanish is: 1 6 − 8 − 3 = 4 The number of students take only French is: 1 6 − 4 − 5 = 7