Allie picked 44 wildflowers. Thirteen of the flowers were yellow and white, seventeen of the flowers were red and yellow, and 14 of the flowers were red and white. How many more flowers contained the color red than contained the color white?
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13 were yellow and white, and 14 red and white, for a total of 13 + 14 = 27 flowers containing the color white. 17 were red and yellow, and 14 were red and white, for a total of 17 + 14 = 31 flowers containing the color red. Thus, there were 31 - 27 = 4 more flowers that contained the color red than the color white.
Thus, the answer is 4.
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