in a class of 73 children, 43 play bowling, 44 play softball and 17 play neither sport?
How many play only bowling?
To find out how many children play only bowling, we need to subtract the number of children who play both bowling and softball, as well as those who play neither sport, from the total number of children who play bowling.
Let's break it down step by step:
1. Start with the total number of children who play bowling (43).
2. Subtract the number of children who play both bowling and softball. Unfortunately, we don't have this number directly, but we can figure it out. Just add the number of children who play softball (44) to the number who play bowling (43) to get the total number of children involved in either sport: 44 + 43 = 87.
3. Subtract the total number of children involved in either sport (87) from the total number of children in the class (73) to get the number of children who play neither sport: 73 - 87 = -14. However, it doesn't make sense to have negative children, so we assume there was an error in the information given. It's likely that the total number of children involved in either sport was mistakenly provided.
4. Since we can't use the information about the number of children playing neither sport, we cannot determine the exact number of children who play only bowling in this scenario.
Therefore, based on the information provided, we cannot calculate the number of children who play only bowling.