At a tech seminar with a total participants, b attended a session on cybersecurity, and c attended a session on cloud computing. If exactly d participants attended neither session, then in terms of a, b, c, and d, what fraction of the participants attended both sessions?
The correct answer is (B).
To solve this question I first wrote out the various letters with what they represent. Then I wrote an equation representing the "fraction of the participants" that attended both sessions.
a = total participants
b = cybersecurity participants
c = cloud computing participants
d = participants that attended neither
a (the total) = b + c + d
The total participants all either attended one of the sessions or fall into the group that attended neither. Using this equation, if we want to find the amount that attended both sessions, we take a, then subtract d (those who attended neither). Then to find the fraction, we find the answer that has the denominator = a, as we need to divide by the total to understand the fraction. The only answer with a - d is (b), then we ensure it is over the right denominator.
a-b-c-d / a