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Solve Three Sets Venn-Diagram Problem (2)

How to solve three sets Venn-Diagram problem if the middle parte number is not given?

380 students are taking courses:

215 taking Biology, 173 taking Physics, 182 taking chemistry.
72 taking Biology and Physics, 90 taking Biology and Chemistry, 60 taking Physics and Chemistry

Find the number of students in each of the following part.

U=380

Biology ? Physics

? ?

? ? ?

Chemistry

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Solve Three Sets Venn-Diagram Problem (2)
Solutions

B - Biology, P - Physics, C - Chemistry U=380

Let x taking all three courses, so B 72-x P

(72 - x) only taking Biology and Physics, x

(90 - x) only taking Biology and Chemistry, 90-x 60-x
(60 - x) only taking Physics and Chemistry,
Label these information in Figure (1) :

Figure (1)

Figure (2)
Also, (53 + x) only taking Biology,
(41 + x) only taking Physics, U=380
(32 + x) only taking Chemistry, B P
Label these information in Figure (2) : 53+x 72-x 41+x
Because (53 + x) = 215 - (72 - x) - (90 - x) - x
(41 + x) = 173 - (72 - x) - (60 - x) - x
(32 + x) = 182 - (60 - x) - (90 - x) - x x
90-x 60-x

C 32+x

Add all the parts:

(53 + x) + (72 - x) + (41+ x) + (90 - x) + x + (60 - x) + (32 + x ) = 380 ,

x = 32
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Solve Three Sets Venn-Diagram Problem (2)
Solutions

x = 32 students taking all the three courses.

(72 - x) = 40 students only taking Biology and Physics,

(90 - x) = 58 students only taking Biology and Chemistry

(60 - x) = 28 students only taking Physics and Chemistry,

(53 + x) = 85 students only taking Biology
(41 + x) = 73 students only taking Physic

(32 + x) = 64 students only taking Chemistry

Figure 3

U = 380

Biology Physics

85 40 73

58 32 28

Chemistry 64

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