Question

There were 29 students available for the woodwind section of the school orchestra. 11 students could play the flute, 15 could play the clarinet and 12 could play the saxophone. four could play the flute and the saxophone, four could play the flute and the clarinet, and 6 could play the clarinet and the saxophone. 3 students can play none of the three instruments. Find the number of students who could play: a. All the instruments b. Only the saxophone c. The saxophone and clarinet, but not the flute d. Only one of the clarinet, saxophone, or flute.

Answer 1

Answer:

a. The number of students who can play all three instruments = 2 students

b. The number of students who can play only the saxophone is 0

c. The number of students who can play the saxophone and the clarinet but not the flute = 4 students

d. The number of students who can play only one of the clarinet, saxophone, or flute = 4

Step-by-step explanation:

The total number of students available = 29

The number of students that can play flute = 11 students

The number of students that can play clarinet = 15 students

The number of students that can play saxophone = 12 students

The number of students that can play flute and saxophone = 4 students

The number of students that can play flute and clarinet = 4 students

The number of students that can play clarinet and saxophone = 6 students

Let the number of students who could play flute = n(F) = 11

The number of students who could play clarinet = n(C) = 15

The number of students who could play saxophone = n(S) = 12

We have;

a. Total = n(F) + n(C) + n(S) - n(F∩C) - n(F∩S) - n(C∩S) + n(F∩C∩S) + n(non)

Therefore, we have;

29 = 11 + 15 + 12 - 4 - 4 - 6 + n(F∩C∩S) + 3

29 = 24 + n(F∩C∩S) + 3

n(F∩C∩S) = 29 - (24 + 3) = 2

The number of students who can play all = 2

b. The number of students who can play only the saxophone = n(S) - n(F∩S) - n(C∩S) - n(F∩C∩S)

The number of students who can play only the saxophone = 12 - 4 - 6 - 2 = 0

The number of students who can play only the saxophone = 0

c. The number of students who can play the saxophone and the clarinet but not the flute = n(C∩S) - n(F∩C∩S) = 6 - 2 = 4

The number of students who can play the saxophone and the clarinet but not the flute = 4 students

d. The number of students who can play only the saxophone = 0

The number of students who can play only the clarinet = n(C) - n(F∩C) - n(C∩S) - n(F∩C∩S) = 15 - 4 - 6 - 2 = 3

The number of students who can play only the clarinet = 3

The number of students who can play only the flute = n(F) - n(F∩C) - n(F∩S) - n(F∩C∩S) = 11 - 4 - 4 - 2 = 1

The number of students who can play only the flute = 1

Therefore, the number of students who can play only one of the clarinet, saxophone, or flute = 1 + 3 + 0 = 4

The number of students who can play only one of the clarinet, saxophone, or flute = 4.