In a town of 10,000 families, it was found that 40% families buy newspaper A, 20% families buy newspaper B and 10% families buy newspaper C. 5% families buy A and B, 3% families buy B and C and 4% buy A and C. If 2% families buy all three newspapers, find the number of families which buy (i) A only (ii) B only (iii) none A, B or C.
Asked by mesamit
| 30th Jul, 2010,
10:26: AM
Expert Answer:
n ( A ) = no of people reading newspaper A = 40 % of 10 , 000 = 4000 n ( B ) = no of people reading newspaper B = 20 % of 10 , 000 = 2000 n ( C ) = no of people reading newspaper C = 10 % of 10 , 000 = 1000 n ( A ∩ B ) = no of people reading newspaper A and B = 5 % of 10 , 000 = 500 n ( B ∩ C ) = no of people reading newspaper B and C = 3 % of 10 , 000 = 300 n ( A ∩ C ) = no of people reading newspaper A and C = 4 % of 10 , 000 = 400 n ( A ∩ B ∩ C ) = no of people reading newspaper A , B and C = 2 % of 10 , 000 = 200 Total number of families reading newspapers = n ( A ∪ B ∪ C ) = n ( A ) + n ( B ) + n ( C ) - n ( A ∩ B ) - n ( C ∩ B ) - n ( A ∩ C ) + n ( A ∩ B ∩ C ) = 4000 + 2000 + 1000 - 500 - 300 - 400 + 200 = 6000 ( i ) Families reading only paper A n ( B ∪ C ) = n ( B ) + n ( C ) - - n ( C ∩ B ) = 2000 + 1000 - 300 = 2700 Number of families reading A = total no of families reading paper - no of families reading B and C = 6000 - 2700 = 3300 ( ii ) Families reading only paper B n ( A ∪ C ) = n ( A ) + n ( C ) - - n ( C ∩ A ) = 4000 + 1000 - 400 = 4600 Number of families reading only B = total no of families reading paper - no of families reading A and C = 6000 - 4600 = 1400 ( iii ) Families reading none of A , B and C = 10 , 000 - 6000 = 4000 ">
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| 30th Jul, 2010,
09:59: PM