Problema Solution

Results of a survey of fifty students indicate that 30 like red jelly beans, 29 like green jelly beans, and 17 like both red and green jelly beans. How many of the students surveyed like neither red nor green jelly beans?

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Make a Venn diagram and conclude that:


50 - (30 + 29 - 17) = 50 - 42 = 8


8 students like neither red nor green jelly beans.