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Out of 53 teachers 36 drink tea 18 drink coffee, 10 drink neither. how many drink both?

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Out of 53 teachers 36 drink tea 18 drink coffee, 10 drink neither. how many drink both?

Let T be tea drinkers
Let C be coffee drinkers
Let (T & C) be Tea & Coffee drinkers.
And 53 are total. So we use the Union formula relation:

C U T = C + T - (C & T)
53 = 18 + 36 - (C & T)

C & T = 53 - (Not C & Not T) since we subtract people who don't drink coffee and don't drink tea
C & T = 53 - 10 = 43
C U T = 18 + 36 - 43
C U T = 11
 
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