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In a class, the number of students who do Mathematics only is 14 more than those doing both Mathematics and ICT. The number doing ICT only is 5 less than the number doing both. If the total number of
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4 stepsLet be the number of students who do Mathematics only.
Let be the number of students who do ICT only.
Let be the number of students who do both Mathematics and ICT.
Write down the given information as equations.
From the problem statement:
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"The number of students who do Mathematics only is 14 more than those doing both Mathematics and ICT."
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"The number of students doing ICT only is 5 less than the number doing Mathematics and ICT."
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"The number of students doing Mathematics is twice those doing ICT." Let be the total number of students doing Mathematics, and be the total number of students doing ICT.
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Express and in terms of , , and .
The total number of students doing Mathematics is the sum of those doing Mathematics only and those doing both:
The total number of students doing ICT is the sum of those doing ICT only and those doing both:
Substitute equations and into the expressions for and .
Substitute into the equation for :
Substitute into the equation for :
Substitute the expressions for and into equation and solve for .
Using :
Distribute the 2 on the right side:
Subtract from both sides:
Add 10 to both sides:
Divide by 2:
The number of students who do both Mathematics and ICT is .
The final answer is .
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