Question

In a class of 40 students, everyone has either a pierced nose or a pierced ear. The professor asks everyone with a pierced nose to raise his or her hand. Eight hands go up. Then the professor asked everyone with a pierced ear to do likewise. This time there are 35 hands raised. How many students have piercings both on their ears and their noses?

Answer 1

3 students

Explanation:

If everyone in the class has either a pierced nose or ear, we just simply have to add up the total number of hands raised and minus the number of students in the class.

35+8=43

43-40=3

3 students have both a pierced nose and pierced ear.