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6 marksProblem Solving with Venn Diagrams

CSEC Mathematics · January 2005 · Paper 2 · Question 3(a)(ii)

32 candidates took examinations at a CXC examinations centre. 11 took French (F), 9 took Spanish (S), x took both French and Spanish, 18 took neither French nor Spanish.

Write an equation in x for the number of candidates in the universal set.

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  1. 3(a)(i)Copy and complete the following Venn diagram to represent the information.[6 marks]
  2. 3(a)(iii)Calculate the value of x.[6 marks]
  3. 3(a)(iv)Shade the region F' ∩ S.[6 marks]

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