In a class of 40 students, everyone has either a pierced nose or a pierced ear. the professor asks everyone with a pierced nose to raise his or her hand. eight hands go up. then the professor asked everyone with a pierced ear to do likewise. this time there are 35 hands raised. how many students have piercings both on their ears and their noses?

3 students

Step-by-step explanation:

If everyone in the class has either a pierced nose or ear, we just simply have to add up the total number of hands raised and minus the number of students in the class.

35+8=43

43-40=3

3 students have both a pierced nose and pierced ear.

answer 1 : option "c"

answer 2 : option "d"

answer 3 : option "b"

answer 4 : option "d"

answer 5 : option "b"

answer 6 : option "a"

answer 7 : option "c"

answer 8 : option "d"

answer 9 : option "c"

answer 10 : option "d"

answer 11 : option "c"

answer 12 option "b"

answer 13 option "c"

answer 14 option "c"

answer 15 option "d"

answer 16 option "a"

answer 17 option "b"

answer 18 option "c"

answer 19 option "a"

answer 20 option "a"

answer 21 option "c"

d