Use the Venn diagram below showing the number of elements in regions I through IV to determine the number of elements that belong to both set A and set B.

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anonymous · Answer

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anonymous · Answer

is it 43?

anonymous · Answer

I think? you like added them right

jim_thompson5910 · Answer

Key word here is "and"

jim_thompson5910 · Answer

How many are in both A and B at the same time?

anonymous · Answer

8?

jim_thompson5910 · Answer

So 8 elements belong to both sets A and B

jim_thompson5910 · Answer

If this problem used "or" instead, your initial answer would have been correct.

anonymous · Answer

what if it said set a, set b, or both?

jim_thompson5910 · Answer

then it would have been 43

anonymous · Answer

so i would add all three inside the diagram is it was set a,set b, or both

jim_thompson5910 · Answer

exactly

anonymous · Answer

okay thank you.

jim_thompson5910 · Answer

What's shaded below represents the items that lie in both at the same time

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