Of 256 consumers polled, 78 people like thrillers and 116 like both thriller and comedies. how many only prefer comedies?
it seems to me that 250=T+C-TC
or C= 250-78-116
250 or 256?
To find out the number of people who only prefer comedies, we need to subtract the number of people who like both thrillers and comedies from the total number of people who like comedies.
From the given information, we know that 256 consumers were polled, 78 people like thrillers, and 116 people like both thrillers and comedies.
First, let's find the number of people who like comedies by subtracting the number of people who like both thrillers and comedies from the total number of people who like thrillers:
78 (people who like thrillers) - 116 (people who like both thrillers and comedies) = -38
Since we can't have a negative number of people who like comedies, we have made an error in our calculation or given information. Please double-check the data and try again.