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Venn diagram ( problems) 1. Twenty-four dogs are in a kennel.

Twelve of the dogs are black, six of the dogs have short tails, and fifteen of the dogs have long hair. There is only one dog that is black with a short tail and long hair. Two of the dogs are black with short tails and do not have long hair. Two of the dogs have short tails and long hair but are not black. If all of the dogs in the kennel have at least one of the mentioned characteristics, how many dogs are black with long hair but do not have short tails? 2. In a school of 2! students, "# students are in the band, 2!! students are on s$orts teams, and %! students $artici$ate in both activities. &ow many students are involved in either band or s$orts? . ' veterinarian surveys 2% of his $atrons. &e discovers that 1( have dogs, 1! have cats, and # have fish. )our have dogs and cats, have dogs and fish, and one has a cat and fish. If no one has all three kinds of $ets, how many $atrons have none of these $ets? (. ' guidance counselor is $lanning schedules for ! students. *ixteen students say they want to take )rench, 1% want to take *$anish, and 11 want to take +atin. )ive say they want to take both )rench and +atin, and of these, wanted to take *$anish as well. )ive want only +atin, and " want only *$anish. &ow many students want )rench only? # . *u$$ose I discover that my cat has a taste for the adorable little geckoes that live in the bushes and vines in my back yard. In one month, he de$osits the following on my car$et, six gray geckoes, twelve geckoes that had dro$$ed their tails in an effort to esca$e ca$ture, and fifteen geckoes that he-d chewed on a little. .nly one of the geckoes was gray, chewed on, and tailless/ two were gray and tailless but not chewed on/ two were gray and chewed on but not tailless. If there were a total of 2( geckoes left on my car$et that month, and all of the geckoes were at least one of 0gray0, 0tailless0, and 0chewed on0, how many were tailless and chewed on but not gray? % . ' class of (! students consists of 2( studying drama, 22 studying music and 1# studying both. Illustrate this information using a 1enn 2iagram, then use the diagram to find the $robability that a student studies 3a4 both sub5ects, 3b4 drama only, 3c4 neither. 6. 't the 7ee$ in *ha$e 8lub, # $eo$le swim, 2( $lay tennis, and 26 5og. .f these $eo$le, 12 swim and $lay tennis, 19 $lay tennis and 5og, and 1 5og and swim. :ine $eo$le do all three activities. &ow many members are there altogether?

". )orty one students took three exams each in 'lgebra, ;iology, and 8hemistry. <e have the following data, 314 twelve students failed the 'lgebra exam, 324 five students failed the ;iology exam, 3 4 eight students failed the 8hemistry exam, 3(4 two students failed both 'lgebra and ;iology, 3#4 six students failed both 'lgebra and 8hemistry, 3%4 three failed both ;iology and 8hemistry and 364 one student failed all three exams. 3Note: &ere is how to read this data , )ive students failed ;iology, of those, two failed both 'lgebra and ;iology, and so forth.4 &ow many $assed all three sub5ects?

9. =ennifer likes to snack. .n a recent tri$ to the candy store she bought some 0mix and match0 candy. *he has 1% $ieces of candy in all. :ine contain caramel/ 1! contain coconut/ and % contain both caramel and coconut. &ow many of the candies contain neither caramel nor coconut. 1!. If $eo$le can have >ed, ?reen, and ;lue marbles, a4 how many $eo$le have ?reen marbles? b4 how many $eo$le have only ?reen marbles? c4 how many $eo$le have >ed or ;lue marbles? d4 how many $eo$le have >ed but no ;lue marbles? if $eo$le can have >ed, ?reen, and ;lue marbles,a4 how many $eo$le have ?reen marbles?

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