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sets and asking various questions about them. There are two main formulas to solve questions involving three overlapping sets.
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T otal = A + B + C (sum of 2 group overlaps) + (all three) + Neither. 32 pt
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When we add three groups A, B, and C some sections are counted more than once. For instance: sections d, e, and f are 30 pt
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Each of the 59 members in a high school class is required to sign up for a minimum of one and a maximum of three active
academic clubs. The three clubs to choose from are the poetry club, the history club, and the writing club. A total of 22
students sign up for the poetry club, 27 students for the history club, and 28 students for the writing club. If 6 students
sign up for exactly two clubs, how many students sign up for all three clubs?
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"Each of the 59 members in a high school class is required to sign up for a minimum of one and a maximum of three academic
clubs": Total=59, Neither=0 (as members are required to sign up for a minimum of one);
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--> 59 = 22 + 27 + 28 6 2 x + 0--> x = 6.
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Of 20 Adults, 5 belong to A, 7 belong to B, and 9 belong to C. If 2 belong to all three organizations and 3 belong to exactly
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"5 belong to A, 7 belong to B, and 9 belong to C": A=5, B=7, and C=9;
"2 belong to all three organizations": AnBnC=g=2;
"3 belong to exactly 2 organizations": (sum of EXACTLY 2-group overlaps)=3, so the sum of sections d, e, and f is given to be 3, #5 ScottTargetTestP 660 pts
(among these 3 adults there are no one who is a member of ALL 3 clubs)
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Question:: Neither=?
Apply second formula: T otal= A + B + C (sum of EXACT LY 2 group overlaps) 2 AnBnC + Neither--> #7 stonecold 570 pts
20 = 5 + 7 + 9 3 2 2 + Neither--> Neither = 6.
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This semester, each of the 90 students in a certain class took at least one course from A, B, and C. If 60 students took A,
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"90 students": Total=90; YOUR EXPECTED RANK TOMORROW
"of the 90 students in a certain class took at least one course from A, B, and C": Neither=0; IN OVERALL RATING
"60 students took A, 40 students took B, 20 students took C": A=60, B=40, and C=20;
"5 students took all the three courses": AnBnC=g=5;
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Question:: (sum of EXACTLY 2-group ov erlaps)=?
Apply second formula: T otal = A + B + C (sum of EXACT LY 2 group overlaps) 2 AnBnC + Neither-->
90 = 60 + 40 + 20 x 2 5 + 0--> x = 20.
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Apply second formula: T otal = A + B + C (sum of EXACT LY 2 group overlaps) 2 AnBnC + Neither-->
60 = 30 + 40 + 10 12 2 x + 0--> x = 4.
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When Professor Wang looked at the rosters for this term's classes, she saw that the roster for her economics class (E) had
26 names, the roster for her marketing class (M) had 28, and the roster for her statistics class (S) had 18. When she
compared the rosters, she saw that E and M had 9 names in common, E and S had 7, and M and S had 10. She also saw that
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"E had 26 names, M had 28, and S had 18": E=26, M=28, and S=18;
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and 1 employee has taken all three of the courses. How many of the 50 employees have taken none of the courses?
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In a class of 50 students, 20 play Hockey, 15 play Cricket and 11 play Football. 7 play both Hockey and Cricket, 4 play
Cricket and Football and 5 play Hockey and football. If 18 students do not play any of these given sports, how many
students play exactly two of these sports?
Translating:
"In a class of 50 students...": Total=50;
"20 play Hockey, 15 play Cricket and 11 play Football": H=20, C=15, and F=11;
"7 play both Hockey and Cricket, 4 play Cricket and Football and 5 play Hockey and football": HnC=7, CnF=4, and HnF=5. Notice
that "7 play both Hockey and Cricket" does not mean that out of those 7, some does not play Football too. The same for
Cricket/Football and Hockey/Football;
"18 students do not play any of these given sports": Neither=18.
Question:: how many students play exactly two of these sports?
Apply first formula:
{Total}={Hockey}+{Cricket}+{Football}-{HC+CH+HF}+{All three}+{Neither}
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I'm sorry, can someone explain the distinction on when to use which Formula. What are the factors that would define the use of
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Can we add one more formula here:
True # of objects = (total in exactly 1 group) + (total in exactly 2 groups) + (total in exactly 3 groups)
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Hey Bunuel
the two formulas are for problems with 3 groups, but what if Im dealing with 2 groups problems?
do I just need to omit the "all three" part in the formulas???

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Brilliant. Even though I can always solve this kind of problem from scratch, I take more than 2 minutes to do so. How important
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I am trying to understand the formula rather than actually memorizing it but I'm stuck when Bunuel says "Sum of 2-group
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ov erlaps" vs. "Sum of exactly 2-group overlaps". He did try to explain the difference but somehow I feel like the 2nd formula
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use "exactly 2" formula only when the question giv es you exactly 2-group overlaps, otherwise use the first formula.
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whether it is exactly 2 or not. In such problems I use the exactly 2-group formula, I do not know why, but all the problem of this
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use "exactly 2" formula only when the question gives you exactly 2-group ov erlaps, otherwise use the first formula.
this becomes really confusing when the question is asking for the sum of 2-group overlaps, and the question does not
mention whether it is exactly 2 or not. In such problems I use the exactly 2-group formula, I do not know why, but all the
problem of this type are solved by the second formula.
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I'm trying to find difference between two given formulas in order to apply them correctly.
Am I right to say that formula #1 applicable to GENERAL CASES

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I'm trying to find difference between two giv en formulas in order to apply them correctly.
Am I right to say that formula #1 applicable to GENERAL CASES

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T otal = A + B + C (sum of 2 group overlaps) + (all three) + Neither.
while formula#2 might be used ONLY when in premise says something as belong/ include ONLY to two groups/categories?
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Hi Bunuel,
I am not able to understand first formula. As you mentioned "When we add three groups A, B, and C some sections are counted
more than once. For instance: sections d, e, and f are counted twice and section g thrice." but aren't we counting g six times?
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