<p>okay it says that same number of people who took both as who only took one
so 15 people took both
so u have 15 people left
and three more took german as did italian
so 15-3=12/2=6
6 people took only italian
9 people took only german
and 15 people took both of them
=30 people</p>
<p>btw, when do we get our scores?</p>
<p>If it was 3 more than it is definitely 9.... just use the venn diagram method and solve it now.. you'll see..</p>
<p>it IS 6 because 15 + 6 = # of people who took italian, 21
is three less than 15 + 9 = # of people who took german, 24</p>
<p>welp i have no clue but i hope its 9 because that's what i guessed</p>
<p>the question asked for how many kids took ONLY italian. it said the number of students who took both subjects is equal to the number of students who took one subject. so that means 15 ppl took only one subject, either Italian or German...so since there were 3 more ppl who took german than italian, the number of people who took only german is 9, and the number of ppl who took only italian is 6. 9 + 6 =15</p>
<p>9 doesn't work, goshhhhh :P</p>
<p>It's 9!</p>
<p>1) I'm Chinese (Male, in case you wanted to know)</p>
<p>2) I compete in UIL Math and Number Sense</p>
<p>3) If I don't make a 800 in Math, my parents will shank me!</p>
<p>There, that's enough proof!</p>
<p>Stephan and Narcissa are right and I'm 100% sure of it. I read that question about 20 billion times because I knew the wording is what would screw people up.</p>
<p>It said 3 MOAR.
I am SURE of it.</p>
<p>Therefore, 9 is correct.
Lol. This is really giving me a headache right now.</p>
<p>HAHAHAH @Quick. I believe him/her, people. =P</p>
<p>i'm 99% sure its 6</p>
<p>15 equals 9 +6</p>
<p>Narcissa: okay it says that "same number of people who took both as who only took one"
so 15 people took both
so u have 15 people left
and three more took german as did italian
so 15-3=12/2=6
6 people took only italian
9 people took only german
and 15 people took both of them
=30 people<br>
ooo..nvm I see it now..</p>
<p>1) i dont care</p>
<p>2) i dont care</p>
<p>3) you're wrong.</p>
<p>LOL @ Joe... you're the only one with 15. xD
I'm 99.99% sure it's 9.</p>
<p>=P</p>
<p>
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15 doesn't equal 9 or 6
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<p>9 + 6 = 15 !!!!!!!</p>
<p>The wording was "the number of people who took German is three more than the number of people who took Italian."</p>
<p>That's where the "more" came in.</p>
<p>we need andrew wiles to put a stop to this</p>
<p>Was there seriously a typo? I could swear this was the exact same debate everyone at my school was having... did it say 3 more or 3 times more LOL</p>
<p>no I originally thought it was 9.. but I meant 15 doesn't equal the amount of people that only knew one language but then I realized 9+6 = 15.. and now I believe it is 6...</p>
<p>It said 3 more than those taking Italian.
I'll change my name if it wasn't.</p>
<p>yep it said 3 more
i read it as 3 times
did it that way
and then reread, and did it the * RIGHT* way and got the <em>RIGHT</em> answer which is six!!</p>