one-fourth of the workers in Palabras bookstore have read the latest book by J. Saramago, and 5/8 of the workers have read the latest book by H. Kureishi. The number of workers that have read neither book is one less than the number of the workers that have read the latest Saramago book and have not read the latest Kureishi book. If there are 40 workers in the Palabras bookstore, how many of them have read both books? Choose the correct choice from the following answers
A) 3  B) 2  C) 9  D) 8  E) 7

Rationale: there are total 40 workers . one - fourth of the workers in palabras bookstore have read the latest book by j . saramago , so 10 have read saramago . 5 / 8 of the workers have read the latest book by h . kureishi . so ( 5 / 8 ) * 40 = 25 have read kureishi the number of workers that have read neither book is one less than the number of the workers that have read the latest saramago book and have not read the latest kureishi book if b workers have read both books , 20 - b have read saramago but not kureishi . so , ( 10 - b - 1 ) have read neither . total = n ( a ) + n ( b ) - both + neither 40 = 10 + 25 - b + ( 10 - b - 1 ) b = 2 answer ( b )
Answer: B