The are 100 people,56 people take vanilla,55 people take chocolate,59 people take strawberry,30 take all the three,41 take vanilla,40 take chocolate and strawberry,43 take vanilla and chocolate9
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Here is a Venn diagram which will cover the problem. It consists of 8 regions created by interlocking circles. Each circle represents a set of objects. Below is a reference key for the lettered regions. The letters represent the number of people taking the  various flavours, including people that take none of them.

A Vanilla only

B Chocolate only

C Strawberry only

D Vanilla and strawberry but not chocolate

E Chocolate and strawberry but not vanilla

F Vanilla and chocolate but not strawberry

G All three flavours

H None

We can start assigning numbers:

A+B+C+D+E+F+G+H=100 (the regions added together make up 100 people)

A+D+F+G=56 (vanilla)

B+E+F+G=55 (chocolate)

C+D+E+G=59 (strawberry)

G=30 (all three flavours)

E=40 (chocolate and strawberry)

F=43 (vanilla and chocolate)

There may be mistakes or ambiguities in the question, but let's assume for the moment:

D=41 (vanilla and strawberry)

We need to discover whether the terminal 9 has any meaning. 

E+F+G=30+40+43=113, which is in excess of 100, the total number of people. Therefore this is a misinterpretation of the figures, or there is a mistake in the figures.

Assume G=30 is correct. Then we can rewrite some equations:

A+D+F=26; B+E+F=25; C+D+E=29. Therefore D cannot be 41.

Let's further assume that:

E+G=40 instead of E=40, then E=10

F+G=43 instead of F=43, then F=13 and E+F+G=10+13+30=53.

From this it follows that B+E+F+G=55, so B=2.

C+D=29-10=19

D+G=41 (instead of D=41) so D=11, and C=8.

A=26-D-F=26-11-13=2.

So we have values for A, B, C, D, E, F, G so their sum is:

2+2+8+11+10+13+30=76 and H=24, implying that 24 people did not take any flavours.

The figures given in the question appear to contain errors. The question should be revised to correct any errors before a solution can be undertaken.

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