Answer:
x + a=5
Step-by-step explanation:
Let
number of people who speak only English = E
the number of people who speak only German = G
the number of people who speak only Spanish = S
the number of people who speak only English & German but not Spanish = x
the number of people who speak only English & Spanish but not German = y
the number of people who speak only German & Spanish but not English = z;
the number of people who speak only German & Spanish & English = a
Find the the value of (x + a).
Statement 1: 4 people speak two languages but do not speak Spanish.
x = 4.
x+a
Value for a is unknown.
(x + a). Insufficient.
Statement 3: One-fifth of the group speaks more than one language.
x + y + z + a
= 25/5
= 5
value of (x + a) unknown
Insufficient.
Putting (1) and (2) together
x + y + z + a = 5
x = 4 and a=1,
we have only one possible solution from
x + y + z + a = 5
x + a
= 4 + 1
= 5.
Sufficient.
