Question

PLEASE ANSWER ASAP WITH AN EXPLANATION

The eighth grade class at Seven Bridges Middle School has 93 students. Each student takes a current events class, a foreign language class, or both a current events class and a foreign language class. There are 70 eighth graders taking a current events class, and there are 54 eighth graders taking a foreign language class. How many eighth graders take only a current events class and not a foreign language class?

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Answer 1

39 students

Explanation:

let x represent the number of students taking both current event and foreign language

there are : 70 eight grader taking current event and 54 taking foreign

70+54-x=93

-x=93-124

x= 31 students taking both

number of eighth graders take only a current events class and not a foreign language class: 70-31=39 students