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School Voting

Source: 2015 AMC 8 #15

November 25, 2015
AMC 8Euler2015 AMC 8

Problem Statement

At Euler Middle School, 198198 students voted on two issues in a school referendum with the following results: 149149 voted in favor of the first issue and 119119 voted in favor of the second issue. If there were exactly 2929 students who voted against both issues, how many students voted in favor of both issues?
<spanclass=latexbold>(A)</span>49<spanclass=latexbold>(B)</span>70<spanclass=latexbold>(C)</span>79<spanclass=latexbold>(D)</span>99<spanclass=latexbold>(E)</span>149<span class='latex-bold'>(A) </span>49\qquad<span class='latex-bold'>(B) </span>70\qquad<span class='latex-bold'>(C) </span>79\qquad<span class='latex-bold'>(D) </span>99\qquad <span class='latex-bold'>(E) </span>149