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GRUMPY | 11:00 Thu 27th Oct 2016 | Quizzes & Puzzles
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In a School of 140 pupils,every pupil takes at least one of the languages French,German and Spanish.90 pupils take French,70 take German,75 take Spanish,35 take french and German,30 take French and Spanish and 40 take German and Spanish.

How many take Spanish only

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70 take Spanish and french or german which would suggest 5 but we know that the number taking german and french or Spanish is higher than the overall number taking german so that 5 must be taking all three languages
I got 15 - all explained with Venn Diagrams here
http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/Quizzes-and-Puzzles/Question1518722.html
You are right ff - I had failed to factor in those taking german only

What I find puzzling is why someone would Copy and Paste a question that was only posted just over a week ago?

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