In the following Venn diagram the rectangle represents the number of poets, the triangle represents the number of novelists and the circle represents writers.
How many are novelists but not writers?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → 15
Novelists are the numbers inside the triangle; those who are not writers lie outside the circle. The triangle has three regions outside the circle, shaded below: 3 and 4 (novelists only) and 8 (novelists who are also poets).
Novelists but not writers \(=3+8+4=\) 15