Question

I have 5 blue pants and 6 pants with a zipper. If I have 9 pants that are either blue or have a zipper or both, how many pants are both blue and with a zipper

Answer 1

2

Explanation:

Blue pants: 5

Zipper pants: 6

total amount of pants (blue, zipper or both): 9

to find the pants that have both qualities, we need to find the difference between the total amount of pants and the sum of the blue and zipper pants:

sum of blue and zipper pants: 5 + 6 = 11

you can tell that there is a difference of

11 - 9 = 2 pants

this means that these 2 pants belong to both categories (blue and with a zipper). Thus there are 2 pants that are blue and have a zipper