A baseball team has ice-cream to celebrate a win. 13 players eat chocolate topping, 10 eat strawberry, 12 eat pineapple, 4 eat both chocolate and strawberry, 5 eat both strawberry and pineapple, 7 eat both chocolate and pineapple and 3 eat all three toppings. How many players are on the team?
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Answer:13 playersStep-by-step explanation:Letn = number of players on the teamc = number of players who eat chocolates = number of players who eat strawberryp = number of players who eat pineapplea = number of players who eat all toppings13 players eat chocolate toppingc = 1310 eat strawberrys = 1012 eat pineapplep = 12So far,n = c + s + p = 354 eat both chocolate and strawberryn = 35 -4 = 315 eat both strawberry and pineapplen = 31 - 5 = 267 eat both chocolate and pineapplen = 26 - 7 = 193 eat all three toppingsn = 19 - 3 -3 = 13