Question

At southern states university (ssu) there are 399 students taking finite mathematics or statistics. 238 are taking finite mathematics, 184 are taking statistics, and 23 are taking both finite mathematics and statistics. how many are taking finite mathematics but not statistics?

Answer 1

215 are taking finite mathematics but not statistics.

We know that a total of 238 students are taking finite mathematics; this includes the 23 that are taking both. We subtract these to calculate just finite mathematics:

238 - 23 = 215 taking just finite mathematics.