SherpaPrep wrote:
This looks like an overlapping set problem, and ETS does love to use tables for overlapping sets, but we really don't need to worry about making an overlapping sets table here. Just count up all the males, count up all the juniors, and be careful not to double count the male juniors, because that is of course one of the trap answer choices (D).
Conveniently, all the males have already been added up for us and they total 860. So we just need to add the juniors who aren't males, otherwise known as females, and add them. They represent another 88 students. Since 860 + 88 = 948, C is the answer.
I am not following either solution, as I am a visual person, I think I would benefit if someone would post a picture with a venn diagram that leads to the solution. Thank you!
Or someone can tell me what is wrong in my solution.
The way I learned to solve overlapping set problems is to use
total = set A + set B - both + neither
But when I use it, I don't get the right answer.
total = 860 + 270 - 182 + 452 = 1430