There are 100 students who are taking history or sociology. If 10 are taking both courses and 45 are taking ONLY history, how many are taking sociology

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There are 100 students who are taking history or sociology. If 10 are taking both courses and 45 are taking ONLY history, how many are taking sociology? Use a venn diagram to solve this problem.
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It is given that 

n( History or Sociology ) = n( H or S ) = 100

n( only History ) = n(Only H) = 45

n( History and Sociology ) = n( H and S ) = 10

n( Sociology ) = n(S) = ?

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