Practical Problems on Union and Intersection of Two Sets

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A, B, C are 3 newspapers from a city, 20% of the population read A, 16% read B,14% read C,8% both A and B,5% both A and C, 4% both B and C and 2% all the three. Find the percentage of the population who read at least one newspaper.

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In a school there are 20 teachers who teach Mathematics or Physics. Of these, 12 teach Mathematics and 4 teach both Physics and Mathematics. How many teachers teach Physics?

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In a survey of 425 students in a school, it was found that 115 drink apple juice, 160 drink orange juice and 80 drink both apple as well as orange juice. How many drink neither apple juice nor orange juice?

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In a survey, it was found that 21 people liked the product A, 26 liked the product B, and 29 people liked the product C. If 14 people liked the product A and B, 12 people liked the product C and A,14 people liked the product B and C and 8 people liked all the products. Find how many people like products A and C not B.

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If A, B, C are three sets and U is the universal set such that n(U)=700,n(A)=200, n(B)=300 and n(AB)=100. Find nA'B'.

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In a group of 20 students, 12 take tea, 16 take coffee and 3 take neither of the two. How many take both tea and coffee?

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In a committee, 50 people speak French, 20 speak Spanish and 10 speak both Spanish and French. How many people speak at least one of these two languages? 

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In a college of 300 students, every student reads 5 newspaper and every newspaper is read by 60 students. The total number of newspapers is

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In a city 20 percent of the population travels by car, 50 percent travels by bus and 10 percent travels by both car and bus. Then persons travelling by car or bus is

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In a certain town 25% families own a cell phone, 15% families own a scooter and 65% families own neither a cell phone nor a scooter. If 1500 families own both a cell phone and a scooter, then the total number of families in the town is

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There are 600 boys in a hostel. Each plays either hockey or football or both. If 75% play hockey and 45% play football, how many play both?

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In an examination 34% of the students failed in Mathematics and 42% failed in English. If 20% of the students failed in both the subjects, then the percentage of students who passed in both the subjects was:

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A class has 175 students. The following data shows the number of students obtaining one or more subjects. Mathematics 100, physics 70 chemistry 40 ; mathematics and physics 30 , mathematics and chemistry 28, physics and chemistry 23, mathematics, physics and chemistry 18. How many students have offered mathematics alone?

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In a certain town 25% families own a phone and 15% own a car, 65% families own neither a phone nor a car. 2000 families own both a car and a phone. Consider the following statements in this regard:

1. 10% families own both a car and a phone
2. 35% families own either a car or a phone
3. 40,000 families live in the town
Which of the above statements are correct

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If X and Y are two sets such that X has 40 elements, XY has 60 elements and XY has 10 elements, how many elements does Y have ?