50 students traveled to Europe, last year. Of these, 12 visited Amsterdam, 13 went to Berlin, and 15

Waldronjw

Waldronjw

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2022-07-02

50 students traveled to Europe, last year. Of these, 12 visited Amsterdam, 13 went to Berlin, and 15 were in Copenhagen. Some visited two cities: 3 visited both Amsterdam and Berlin, 6 visited Amsterdam and Copenhagen, and 5 visited Berlin and Copenhagen. But only 2 visited all three cities.
Question : How many students visited Copenhagen, but neither Amsterdam nor Berlin?
I have done the graph and I think the answer is 6 but I would like to learn how to compute it.

Answer & Explanation

Zichetti4b

Zichetti4b

Beginner2022-07-03Added 13 answers

Let | A | , | B | , and | C | denote, respectively, the number of students who visited Amsterdam, Berlin, and Copenhagen.To find the number of students who visited Copenhagen but neither Amsterdam nor Berlin, we must subtract the number of students who have visited both Amsterdam and Copenhagen and the number of students who have visited both Berlin and Copenhagen from the number who have visited Copenhagen. However, if we do that, we will have subtracted those students who have visited all three cities twice, once for each city they visited in addition to Copenhagen. We only want to subtract them once, so we must add them back. Hence, the number of students who visited Copenhagen but neither Amsterdam nor Berlin is
| C | | A C | | B C | + | A B C | = 15 6 5 + 2 = 6
as you found.

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