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There are 50 children in \(2^{nd}\) grade at Venn Middle School. 40% of those kids play only soccer and 30% play only baseball. If 20% play neither, how many play both?

A. 0
B. 5
C. 10
D. 15
E. 20

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Because the word “only” is present, draw out the diagrams and fill in the information. Be careful not to mix percent information with absolute number information. The following information is labeled with the number data. After filling in everything but both you can see that it must be 5.



Answer: B.

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