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Spotty editing (Posted on 2006-02-14)

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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Subject	Author	Date
Puzzle Solution	K Sengupta	2009-02-01 13:55:43
Answer	K Sengupta	2008-10-09 05:01:15
Soviet Russia	Hugo	2006-02-15 16:21:07
Another Approach	owl	2006-02-15 07:33:27
re(2): Assuming that ...	Eric	2006-02-15 01:21:58
re: Assuming that ...	Gamer	2006-02-14 23:28:14
re: Wondering	Leming	2006-02-14 18:36:04
Wondering	Vernon Lewis	2006-02-14 17:26:37
Actually useful	Federico Kereki	2006-02-14 15:54:58
re: The answer is . . .	Charlie	2006-02-14 14:47:54
Assuming that ...	Charlie	2006-02-14 14:44:47
The answer is . . .	Leming	2006-02-14 14:41:24
Calculated Guess	Richard	2006-02-14 14:40:29

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