Question

There are $20$ students participating in an after-school program offering classes in yoga, bridge, and painting. Each student must take at least one of these three classes, but may take two or all three.

There are $10$ students taking yoga, $13$ taking bridge, and $9$ taking painting. There are $9$ students taking at least two classes. How many students are taking all three classes?

$1$

$2$

$3$

$4$

$5$

Answer: C

Concepts:inclusion-exclusion system of equations

Difficulty rating: 1280

Solution:

The number of classes taken total is $10+13+9=32.$

Let $x$ represent the number of people who take $1,$ let $y$ represent the number of people who take $2$ classes, and let $z$ represent the number of people who take $3$ classes.

Then, we know $x+2y+3z = 32.$

As such, the total number of people is $20,$ so $x+y+z = 20.$ This makes $y+2z=12.$

The number of people who take at least two classes is $9,$ so $y+z = 9.$

Therefore, $z=3,$ making that the answer.

Thus, the correct answer is C .

2017 AMC 10B Problem 13

Answer: C

Difficulty rating: 1280

Solution:

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