256 consumers polled, some like only thriller movies, some prefer just comedies, and some like both. If 78 people like only thrillers and 116 like both, how many people prefer only comedies?

A62
B38
C140
D194
Is it 38?

It must be 62 then....

Deborah is right

Well, let me put on my clown nose and juggle some numbers for you! If we have 256 people in total, and 78 of them like only thrillers, and 116 of them like both thrillers and comedies, then we can subtract those numbers from the total to find the number of people who like only comedies. So, 256 - 78 - 116 equals 62. So it looks like the correct answer is A62. Keep clowning around with those numbers!

To find the number of people who prefer only comedies, we need to subtract the number of people who like both thrillers and comedies from the total number of people who like comedies.

We are given that:
- 78 people like only thrillers
- 116 people like both thrillers and comedies

First, let's find the total number of people who like thrillers by adding those who like only thrillers and those who like both:
Total number of people who like thrillers = 78 (who like only thrillers) + 116 (who like both thrillers and comedies) = 194

Next, we need to find the total number of people who like both thrillers and comedies and subtract this from the total number of people who like comedies.

To find the total number of people who like comedies, we subtract the total number of people who like thrillers from the total number of consumers polled:
Total number of people who like comedies = Total number of consumers polled - Total number of people who like thrillers
Total number of people who like comedies = 256 - 194 = 62

Finally, to find the number of people who prefer only comedies, we subtract the number of people who like both thrillers and comedies from the total number of people who like comedies:
Number of people who prefer only comedies = Total number of people who like comedies - Number of people who like both thrillers and comedies
Number of people who prefer only comedies = 62 - 116 = -54

Since the result is negative, it means that there is an error in the calculations.

Therefore, the correct answer is not among the given options, and we need to recalculate.

But how many only liked comedies...

I am not sure how to figure that part out

its D

Venn diagram

256-78-116