Basic PIE question appears to be wrong?

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First-year math students were asked whether they experience math​ anxiety, headaches, or tiredness when studying for math exams. Of the 125 students​ asked, 66 experience math​ anxiety, 22 experience​ headaches, 51 experience​ tiredness, 10 get headaches and math​ anxiety, 22 get tired and experience math​ anxiety, 11 experience tiredness and​ headaches, and 17 fortunate students said they experience none of the three problems. How many of the students surveyed experience all three​ problems?

This is a basic PIE question i get 12 which is impossible.

$A=66 \space$, $H=22\space$, $T=51\space $, $H\cap A = 10\space$, $T \cap A= 22 \space, T\cap H = 11$

$A\cup H\cup T = 125-17=108 $

$$A\cup H\cup T = A +H +T - H\cap A -T \cap A \space - T\cap H + A\cap H \cap T$$

$$108=139-10-22-11+A\cap H \cap T$$

$$A\cap H \cap T = 12$$ Which is impossible as it is at most 10.

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As has been discussed in the comments, the problem is indeed infeasible; your calculations are correct.