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There are 97 students in South High School. South High School offers only Chinese and Spanish. There are 5 more students in Chinese than in Spanish, and every student takes at least one language. If 41 students take only Spanish, then how many take both languages?

 Jun 15, 2022
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41 take only Spanish

 

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                             Spanish Total       Chinese Total          Total Students

If  2 take both            43                         48                          91

If  3 take both            44                         49                          93

If 5  take both            46                         51                          97

 

 

cool cool cool

 Jun 15, 2022

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