97 students take history and 124 take English. re of the students take both. What is the total # taking both classes.

To find the total number of students taking both history and English, we need to know the number of students taking each subject separately.

The given information tells us that 97 students are taking history and 124 are taking English. However, we don't know the exact number of students taking both classes.

To find the total number of students taking both classes, we need to take into account that a certain number of students are counted twice since they are taking both history and English.

To calculate the number of students taking both classes, we can use the principle of inclusion-exclusion. The principle states that when calculating the total number of elements in multiple sets, we need to subtract the number of elements in the intersection (the elements that belong to both sets) to avoid double counting.

Let's assume that x is the number of students taking both history and English. According to the given information, there are 97 students taking history and 124 taking English. We can express the total number of students as:

Total = Students taking history + Students taking English - Students taking both

Total = 97 + 124 - x

We don't have the exact value for x, but we do know that "re" (a typo for "58" as mentioned in a later comment) of the students are taking both classes, which means x = 58.

Plugging in the value of x into our equation, we get:

Total = 97 + 124 - 58

Total = 221 - 58

Total = 163

Therefore, the total number of students taking both history and English is 163.