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We have a group of $57$ peoples. $35$ of them are girls. $30$ of them have black hair. How many girls, at least, have black hair?



I have immediately thought to the principle of inclusion-exclusion to answer but first I did very simple reasoning but I do not know if it is correct. Since we don't want to know the exact number of girls: $52$ peoples $-$ $35$ girls = $22$ boys. In the worst case, all the boys have black hair, but since there are only $22$ of them, $13$ girls are left with black hair. Can such an answer be reasonable? If it's wrong, why?










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    You meant to write $color{red}{57}$ people - $35$ girls $= 22$ boys.
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We have a group of $57$ peoples. $35$ of them are girls. $30$ of them have black hair. How many girls, at least, have black hair?



I have immediately thought to the principle of inclusion-exclusion to answer but first I did very simple reasoning but I do not know if it is correct. Since we don't want to know the exact number of girls: $52$ peoples $-$ $35$ girls = $22$ boys. In the worst case, all the boys have black hair, but since there are only $22$ of them, $13$ girls are left with black hair. Can such an answer be reasonable? If it's wrong, why?










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    You meant to write $color{red}{57}$ people - $35$ girls $= 22$ boys.
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We have a group of $57$ peoples. $35$ of them are girls. $30$ of them have black hair. How many girls, at least, have black hair?



I have immediately thought to the principle of inclusion-exclusion to answer but first I did very simple reasoning but I do not know if it is correct. Since we don't want to know the exact number of girls: $52$ peoples $-$ $35$ girls = $22$ boys. In the worst case, all the boys have black hair, but since there are only $22$ of them, $13$ girls are left with black hair. Can such an answer be reasonable? If it's wrong, why?










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We have a group of $57$ peoples. $35$ of them are girls. $30$ of them have black hair. How many girls, at least, have black hair?



I have immediately thought to the principle of inclusion-exclusion to answer but first I did very simple reasoning but I do not know if it is correct. Since we don't want to know the exact number of girls: $52$ peoples $-$ $35$ girls = $22$ boys. In the worst case, all the boys have black hair, but since there are only $22$ of them, $13$ girls are left with black hair. Can such an answer be reasonable? If it's wrong, why?







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  • $begingroup$
    You meant to write $color{red}{57}$ people - $35$ girls $= 22$ boys.
    $endgroup$
    – N. F. Taussig
    Jan 19 at 12:30


















  • $begingroup$
    You meant to write $color{red}{57}$ people - $35$ girls $= 22$ boys.
    $endgroup$
    – N. F. Taussig
    Jan 19 at 12:30
















$begingroup$
You meant to write $color{red}{57}$ people - $35$ girls $= 22$ boys.
$endgroup$
– N. F. Taussig
Jan 19 at 12:30




$begingroup$
You meant to write $color{red}{57}$ people - $35$ girls $= 22$ boys.
$endgroup$
– N. F. Taussig
Jan 19 at 12:30










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The idea is correct but you made an error.



There are $30$ persons with black hair, so if $22$ of them are boys then $30-22=8$ girls have black hair.



So not $35-22$ as you reasoned wrongly.






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    Yes, you are right :) So, despite my error, could it be a good answer in your opinion?
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    Yes, it is a good answer and PIE is not needed.
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$begingroup$

The idea is correct but you made an error.



There are $30$ persons with black hair, so if $22$ of them are boys then $30-22=8$ girls have black hair.



So not $35-22$ as you reasoned wrongly.






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    Yes, you are right :) So, despite my error, could it be a good answer in your opinion?
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    Yes, it is a good answer and PIE is not needed.
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    Jan 19 at 12:25
















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$begingroup$

The idea is correct but you made an error.



There are $30$ persons with black hair, so if $22$ of them are boys then $30-22=8$ girls have black hair.



So not $35-22$ as you reasoned wrongly.






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  • $begingroup$
    Yes, you are right :) So, despite my error, could it be a good answer in your opinion?
    $endgroup$
    – Jack
    Jan 19 at 12:24










  • $begingroup$
    Yes, it is a good answer and PIE is not needed.
    $endgroup$
    – drhab
    Jan 19 at 12:25














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$begingroup$

The idea is correct but you made an error.



There are $30$ persons with black hair, so if $22$ of them are boys then $30-22=8$ girls have black hair.



So not $35-22$ as you reasoned wrongly.






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The idea is correct but you made an error.



There are $30$ persons with black hair, so if $22$ of them are boys then $30-22=8$ girls have black hair.



So not $35-22$ as you reasoned wrongly.







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    Yes, you are right :) So, despite my error, could it be a good answer in your opinion?
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    Yes, it is a good answer and PIE is not needed.
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    – drhab
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    Yes, you are right :) So, despite my error, could it be a good answer in your opinion?
    $endgroup$
    – Jack
    Jan 19 at 12:24










  • $begingroup$
    Yes, it is a good answer and PIE is not needed.
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    – drhab
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Yes, you are right :) So, despite my error, could it be a good answer in your opinion?
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Yes, you are right :) So, despite my error, could it be a good answer in your opinion?
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Yes, it is a good answer and PIE is not needed.
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Yes, it is a good answer and PIE is not needed.
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