60 students were taking a Maths, Physics or Chemistry exam. 38 of the students were male. 11 of the 32 students who were taking the Maths exam were female. 8 males were taking the Physics exam. 12 students were taking the Chemistry exam. One of the fe

60-38 = 22 females 32+12=44 students taking the Chemistry and Maths exam. Therefore 60-44=16 students were doing the Physics exam, so 16-8= 8 females were taking the Physics exam. This means that 22-11-8 =3 females are taking the physics exam. 

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