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In an engineering class there are 15 students taking chemistry,20 students taking mathematics. Of these students,10 are taking both chemistry and mathematics.How many students are taking either chemistry or mathematics? Expert's answer

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Let A denotes the set of students taking chemistry, B denotes the set of students taking mathematics. Then A\cap B be the set of students taking both chemistry and mathematics. It follows that |A|=15,\ |B|=20,\ |A\cap B|=10.

The number of students that take mathematics but do not take chemistry is |B|- |A\cap B|=20-10=10. The number of students that take chemistry but do not take mathematics is |A|- |A\cap B|=15-10=5.

Therefore, the number of students taking either chemistry or mathematics is 5+10=15


Answer: 15


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