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How many students in the senior class take both French and Spanish? 08 Oct 2015, 07:58
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How many students in the senior class take both French and Spanish?

(1) In the senior class, 100 students take French and 125 students take Spanish.
(2) There are 200 students in the senior class.
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How many students in the senior class take both French and Spanish?

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(2) There are 200 students in the senior class.

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(1) Not sufficient to calculate BOTH
(2) Not sufficient, we don't have values for each language
(1+2) Not Sufficient as there may be some students who tak eneither spanish nor french courses
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(1) In the senior class, 100 students take French and 125 students take Spanish...Insuffcient
(2) There are 200 students in the senior class....Insuffcient

Taking both 1 & 2, no. of students doing only french will be 200-125=75 and students doing only spanish will be 200-100=100. So students doing both french an spanish will be 25.

So the answer is 'C".
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Actually,

Total = French + Spanish - Both + None

Question asks for 'Both'. To 'Both' , we need to have the values of Total, French, Spanish and None.

1. This statement gives the value for French and Spanish. We also need the values of Total and None.
Not sufficient

2. This statement gives the value for Total. We also need the values of French, Spanish and None.
Not sufficient.

Combining statement 1 and 2 gives us the values for Total, French and Spanish. Still we need the value of None.
Not sufficient.

Answer would be E
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VERITAS PREP OFFICIAL SOLUTION:

Question Type: What Is the Value? This is a Venn Diagram question and the question asks: “How many students take both French and Spanish?”

Given information in the question stem or diagram: In any Venn Diagram problem you should draw out the diagram and remember that Total = Set 1 + Set 2 – Both + Neither. It is important to always consider “Neither” in these types of DS questions and to note the difference between total set information and “only” information (for instance, the difference between people who take “only French” and “French”).

Statement 1: French = 100 and Spanish = 125. This can be written to say that French + Spanish – Both + Neither = Total or 100 + 125 – Both + Neither = Total. This statement is not sufficient alone because you do not know how many total students there are, nor how many students take neither French nor Spanish. Not sufficient. Eliminate choices A and D.

Statement 2: Total students = 200. This is not sufficient alone since there is no way to allocate the 200 students among the categories. Eliminate choice B.

Together: Many students will think that the answer is C because they have forgotten to consider “Neither.” You do not know how many students take neither French nor Spanish, so there is no way to determine “Both.” Without this information you only know that at least 25 students take BOTH (that is if Neither = 0) and as many as 100 might take BOTH if the neither category was 75. This is not sufficient and the correct answer is E. Note: In any choice between C and E such as this you must learn to Play Devil’s Advocate and consider anything you might be missing. In this example (as with many Venn problems) that is making sure you remember to consider the value of “Neither.”
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You can use a double matrix.
Given is the 125 kids taking Spanish, the 100 taking French and 200 total in school.
Calculated is the 100 who don't take French and the 75 who don't take Spanish.

------F-------- No F --------T
S-----------------------------25
No S ------------------------75
T --100--------100--------200

Given the above information, there is no way to calculate students that take French and Spanish. Thus the answer is "E"­
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