Solution:
Let n be the total number of students. Let x be the number of students that study all three subjects. Let a be the number of students that study Maths and Art but not Science. Let b be the number of students that study Maths and Science but not Art. Let c be the number of students that study Art and Science but not Maths.
So a,b,c,x,n are non-negative real numbers with
⋅ n≥a+b+c+x (total number of students).
⋅ x+a≥0.8×n (studying both Mathematics and Art),
⋅ x+b≥0.8×n (studying both Mathematics and Science).
Adding all these together gives us 2x+a+b≥1.6×n and since n≥a+b+c+x we get:
2x+a+b≥1.6×(a+b+c+x).
Finally multiply both sides by 0.5 and rearrange to get:
x≥0.8×(x+c)+0.3×(a+b)≥0.8×(x+c).
Therefore x+cx≥0.8 as required.
First note that if x≥0.8n then x+cx≥nx≥0.8.
Otherwise we have x<0.8n and so n>45x. Hence
x+cx=(a+b+c+x)−(a+x)−(b+x)+2xx
≥n−0.8n−0.8n+2xx
=2x−0.6nx
>2x−0.6×45xx
=0.8.