Question

Please help. There are 29 people at a Mardi Gras party. 11speak French, 24 speak English, and 3 speak neither French nor English. How many people at the party speak both English and French?

Answer 1

There are a total of 29 people at the party
Now there are 11speak french, 24 speak English and 3 that speak neither
11+24+3=38

There are only 29 people at the party so some must speak french and English
38-29=9
There are 9 people that speak both languages

Answer 2

but would you count out the three people who speak neither?

Answer 3

Nope since they are part of the 29 people at the party
What you can do is 29-3=26
There are 26 people that speak french or english or both
There are 24 that speak English and 11 that speak french
24+11=35
35-26=9

Answer 4

Okay. Thank You!