Can You Crack This Challenging Math Puzzle?

In summary, the conversation revolved around a problem that required creating a graph and assigning variables in order to solve it. The problem involved three overlapping categories and a hint was given to use something learned in class to visually represent it. The problem was eventually solved with the given hint.
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Homework Statement


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Homework Equations


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The Attempt at a Solution


I have tried to solve this problem via making a graph, trying to outright solve the problem, i have also tried to assign variables, and logically think the problem through.
 
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I just noticed this is a take home exam, so I'm only going to give you a vague hint.

You know you have three categories, and you know that those categories overlap. Is there anything you learned in class that could visually show 3 overlapping categories?
 
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Thank you very much, I was able to solve this particular problem with your hint :)
 

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