100 people are attending a newspaper conference . 35 of them are writers and more than 38 are editors . of the people at the conference , x are both writers and editors and 2 x are neither . what is the largest possible number of people who are both writers and editors ?
"{ total } = { writers } + { editors } - { both } + { neither } . { total } = 100 ; { writers } = 35 ; { editors } > 38 ; { both } = x ; { neither } = 2 x ; 100 = 35 + { editors } - x + 2 x - - > x = 65 - { editors } . we want to maximize x , thus we should minimize { editors } , minimum possible value of { editors } is 39 , thus x = { both } = 65 - 39 = 26 . answer : b ."
subtract(100, add(add(38, const_1), 35))