In town of 500 people, 285 read Hindu and 212 read Indian express and 127read Times of India 20 read hindu and times of India and 29 read hindu and Indian express and 35 read times of India and Indian express. 50 read no news paper. Then how many read only one paper? can any one of u explain the answer?
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Last Update: August 07, 2008 Asked by: Partha Goswami
Hello Everybody,HIndu = 285TOI = 127IE = 212now H nd TOI both is = 20(Draw a Venn Diagram nd check all) . TOI nd IE both is = 35H nd IE both is = 29now suppose H , TOI nd IE all is = x ;so,only Hindu is = 285-20-29-x = 236-x ;only TOI is = 127-20-35-x = 72-x ;only IE is = 212-35-29-x = 148-x ;now, 236-x + 72-x + 148-x + 20 + 29 + 35 + x + 50 = 500 590 -2x = 500 so, x = 45this is the value who read all the 3 dailies.so,result is = 236-45 + 72-45 + 148-45 = 191 + 27 + 103 = 321.this is the final result...you all plz check it...this answer is based on Venn Diagram.Thanks nd all the bestChandan Sinha
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RE: In town of 500 people, 285 read Hindu and 212 read...
406 is the answer.draw the venn diagram and subtract all the the intersections from individuals u get 456.Now sub 456-50 406 as 50 mem dont read any of the paper.
RE: In town of 500 people, 285 read Hindu and 212 read...
Hello Everybody HIndu 285TOI 127IE 212now H nd TOI both is 20(Draw a Venn Diagram nd check all) . TOI nd IE both is 35H nd IE both is 29now suppose H TOI nd IE all is x ;so only Hindu is 285-20-29-x 236-x ;only TOI is 127-20-35-x 72-x ;only IE is 212-35-29-x 148-x ;now 236-x + 72-x + 148-x + 20 + 29 + 35 + x + 50 500 590 -2x 500 so x 45this is the value who read all the 3 dailies.so result is 236-45 + 72-45 + 148-45 191 + 27 + 103 321.this is the final result...you all plz check it...this answer is based on Venn Diagram.Thanks nd all the bestChandan Sinha
RE: In town of 500 people, 285 read Hindu and 212 read Indian express and 127read Times of India 20 read hindu and times of India and 29 read hindu and Indian express and 35 read times of India and Indian express. 50 read no news paper. Then how many read
ans is 366 since there are 500 people in which do like this
add all those who study both news paper 20+29+35 84 then 50 people dont read newspaper so 84+50 134 now 500-134 366
RE: In town of 500 people, 285 read Hindu and 212 read Indian express and 127read Times of India 20 read hindu and times of India and 29 read hindu and Indian express and 35 read times of India and Indian express. 50 read no news paper. Then how many read
@saravanan
20+29+35 is the number of people who read two papers or the number of people who read atleast two papers?
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