10 paintings fall outside the circles....so....50 fall inside...and we have
x(x - 2) + x + 2x + 8 = 50
x^2 -2x + 3x = 42
x^2 + x - 42 = 0 factor
(x + 7) ( x - 6) = 0
Setting both factors to 0 and solving for x gives x = -7 (reject) or x = 6
So...the total number of painitngs from the 20th century is x * (x - 2) = 6* (6 - 2) = 24 (1)
And of these, x = 6 were British (2)
So....the probability that a painting is British given that it is from the 20th cenury is (2) / (1) =
6 / 24 = 1 / 4 = 25%