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Spotty editing (Posted on 2006-02-14) Difficulty: 3 of 5
Anne, Edward, and Isaac are the three editors of the Perplexus Weekly newspaper. This week, Anne spotted 300 errors, Edward spotted 100 errors, and Isaac spotted 200 errors. Altogether, they spotted 404 errors. Assuming that each error is equally easy to spot, about how many errors did they miss?

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It all sounds right, except that 500 - 404 = 96, not 196.
  Posted by Charlie on 2006-02-14 14:47:54

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