At a birthday party, 13 children ate cake, 9 ate ice cream, 7 ate both cake and ice cream, and one c

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    math_celebrity Administrator Staff Member

    At a birthday party, 13 children ate cake, 9 ate ice cream, 7 ate both cake and ice cream, and one child had neither cake nor ice cream. How many children were at the party?

    We have one of three scenarios
    1. A child ate cake (possibly ice-cream)
    2. A child ate ice cream (possible cake)
    3. A child ate neither
    We have cake + ice cream + neither - both cake and ice cream.
    We subtract both cake and ice cream to avoid duplicates

    13 + 9 + 1 - 7 = 16 kids at the party
     

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