If proofreader
finds
mistakes and proofreader
finds
mistakes,
of which were also found by
, how many mistakes were missed by both
and
? Assume there are a total of
mistakes, so proofreader
finds a fraction
of all mistakes, and also a fraction
of the mistakes found by
. Assuming these fractions are the same, then solving for
gives
The number of mistakes missed by both is therefore approximately