A survey shows that 73 % of the persons working in an office like coffee, whereas 65 % like tea. If x…

A survey shows that 73% of the persons working in an office like coffee, whereas 65% like tea. If x denotes the percentage of them, who like both coffee and tea, then x cannot be:
  1. 63
  2. 36
  3. 54
  4. 38

Solution

nC=73, nT=65, nCT=x

Considering that value of nCT cannot exceed 100 in terms of percentage, we get

nCT100

  nC+nT-nCT100

  x38

Therefore, x36.

nCTminnC,nT  x65

 38x65

Hence x may assume values 63,54,38.

Asked in: JEE Main 2020 (05 Sep Shift 1)

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