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In a fraternity with 37 members,18 take math 5 take both math and chemistry and 8 take neither math nor chemistry. How many take chemistry but not math

In a fraternity with 37 members,18 take math 5 take both math and chemistry and 8 take-example-1

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its 11 members

Explanation:

User Rickchristie
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you can set up a few fractions to represent the members.

(18/37) take math
(5/37) take math and chem
(8/37) take neither

assuming that the remaining members take chemistry only, you can find that by adding all of these fractions: 8 + 5 + 18 = 31, so 31/37 students fall into the listed categories (math only, chem and math, neither). there are 6 members remaining that would take chemistry only.
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