Question

A number of candidates interviewed recently revealed that 142 applied admission into university of Lagos, 122 for Illorin and 118 for Jos, 66 had applied for Lagos and Illorin, 48 for Illorin and Jos and 58 for Lagos and Jos, while 32 had applied for all three universities.
(a) Illustrate the information using a venn diagram
(b) How many candidates were interviewed?

Answer 1

(n) 142+122+118 - (66+48+58) + 32 = ____

Answer 2

142+128+188+66+48+58+32=562

Answer 3

(a) The Venn diagram for the given information would look like this:

```
Lagos (66)
/ \
/ \
/ \
142 (32) 58 (48)
\ /
\ /
\ /
\ /
Jos (118)
```

(b) A total of 562 candidates were interviewed.