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If 100 people were at a party90 spoke Spanish80 Italianand 75 Mandarin. At least how many all three languages?

Here's how to solve this problem using the Principle of Inclusion-Exclusion:

1. Understand the Problem

We need to find the minimum number of people who speak all three languages. The information tells us about the number of people speaking *at least* one of the languages.

2. The Formula

The Principle of Inclusion-Exclusion helps us with this type of problem. For three sets (in this case, the languages), the formula is:

Total = A + B + C - (A ∩ B) - (A ∩ C) - (B ∩ C) + (A ∩ B ∩ C)

Where:

* A, B, C represent the number of people speaking each language.

* A ∩ B represents the number speaking both A and B.

* A ∩ C represents the number speaking both A and C.

* B ∩ C represents the number speaking both B and C.

* A ∩ B ∩ C represents the number speaking all three.

3. Applying the Formula

Let's plug in the values:

100 = 90 + 80 + 75 - (A ∩ B) - (A ∩ C) - (B ∩ C) + (A ∩ B ∩ C)

4. Minimizing the Intersection

To find the minimum number speaking all three languages (A ∩ B ∩ C), we need to maximize the other intersections:

* Maximize (A ∩ B): The maximum overlap between Spanish and Italian is 80 (since there are only 80 Italian speakers).

* Maximize (A ∩ C): The maximum overlap between Spanish and Mandarin is 75 (since there are only 75 Mandarin speakers).

* Maximize (B ∩ C): The maximum overlap between Italian and Mandarin is 75 (since there are only 75 Mandarin speakers).

5. Solving for (A ∩ B ∩ C)

Now we can plug these maximum values back into the equation:

100 = 90 + 80 + 75 - 80 - 75 - 75 + (A ∩ B ∩ C)

100 = 65 + (A ∩ B ∩ C)

(A ∩ B ∩ C) = 35

Answer: At least 35 people speak all three languages.

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