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Question
In a class, all students take part in either music or drama or both. 25 students take part in music, 30 students take part in drama and 8 students take part in both music and drama. Find the total number of students in the class
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Solution
Let M be the set of all students take part in music.
Let D be the set of all students take part in drama.
n(M) = 25, n(D) = 30 and n(M ∩ D) = 8
By using Venn-diagram

From the Venn – diagram we get.
Total number of students in the class = 17 + 8 + 22 = 47
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