Question

There are 345 students at a college who have taken a course in calculus, 212 who have taken a course in discrete mathematics, and 188 who have taken courses in both calculus and discrete mathematics. How many students have taken a course in either calculus or discrete mathematics

Answer 1

Answer:

369 students have taken a course in either calculus or discrete mathematics

Step-by-step explanation:

I am going to build the Venn's diagram of these values.

I am going to say that:

A is the number of students who have taken a course in calculus.

B is the number of students who have taken a course in discrete mathematics.

We have that:

$A = a + (A \cap B)$

In which a is the number of students who have taken a course in calculus but not in discrete mathematics and $A \cap B$ is the number of students who have taken a course in both calculus and discrete mathematics.

By the same logic, we have that:

$B = b + (A \cap B)$

188 who have taken courses in both calculus and discrete mathematics.

This means that $A \cap B = 188$

212 who have taken a course in discrete mathematics

This means that $B = 212$

345 students at a college who have taken a course in calculus

This means that $A = 345$

How many students have taken a course in either calculus or discrete mathematics

$(A \cup B) = A + B - (A \cap B) = 345 + 212 - 188 = 369$

369 students have taken a course in either calculus or discrete mathematics