In the county of Veenapaniville, there are a total of 50 high schools, of three kinds: 25 public schools, 16 parochial schools, and 9 private independent schools. These 50 schools are divided between three districts: A, B, and C. District A has 18 high schools total. District B has 17 high schools total, and only two of those are private independent schools. If District C has an equal number of each of the three kinds of schools, how many private independent schools are there in District A? Choose the most appropriate option: A) 2 B) 3 C) 4 D) 5 E) 6
“In the county of Veenapaniville, there are a total of 50 high schools, of three kinds: 25 public schools, 16 parochial schools, and 9 private independent schools.”   “District A has 18 high schools total.”   “District B has 17 high schools total, and only two of those are private independent schools.”   “District C has an equal number of each of the three kinds of schools.” Hmm. That’s not a simple number. Let’s put that on hold for a moment. So far, from the matrix it looks like we could figure out the missing number in the “totals” row. That number must be 15, because 18 + 17 + 15= 
<gadget id="calculator">18 + 17 + 15</gadget>
<output>50</output>
50.   Now, go back to that last fact: “District C has an equal number of each of the three kinds of schools.” Now that makes sense. District C has 15 schools, so it must have 5 of each kind:   The question is asking: “how many private independent schools are there in District A?” Well, now that’s just a matter of adding across the “private independent” row. We know 2 + 2 + 5= 
<gadget id="calculator">2 + 2 + 5</gadget>
<output>9</output>
9, so the missing number must be 2.   There’s still a good deal of information we can’t figure out from the information given in the question, but we are able to answer the specific question asked here. There are 2 private independent schools in District 2, so the answer= (2).
<result>A</result>
In the county of Veenapaniville, there are a total of 50 high schools, of three kinds: 25 public schools, 16 parochial schools, and 9 private independent schools. These 50 schools are divided between three districts: A, B, and C. District A has 18 high schools total. District B has 17 high schools total, and only two of those are private independent schools. If District C has an equal number of each of the three kinds of schools, how many private independent schools are there in District A?