At an overpriced department store, there are 120 customers. If 55 have purchased shirts,48 have purchased pants, and 45 have purchased neither, how many purchased both shirts
and pants?
If the answer is 28 what is the solution?
and pants?
If the answer is 28 what is the solution?
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Step-by-step explanation:
Total = 120
Shirts = 55
Pants = 48
Neither = 45
Find those people who bought first,
120 - 45 = 75
75 people bought something.
let x be the number of ppl who bought both S and P
75 = (55-x) + x + (48-x)
75 - 55 - 48 = - x
-28 = -x
28=x