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In a group of students, 30% play only cricket, 20% play only football and 10% play only basketball. 20% of the students play both football and cricket, 15% play both basketball and cricket, 10% play both football and basketball. 15 students play no games, while 5% of the students play all three games. What is the total number of students?

The correct answer is
300

Total Students Calculation

This problem involves calculating the total number of students using provided percentages for sports participation and the count of non-participants.

Student Participation Percentages

The given data is:

  • Only Cricket: 30%
  • Only Football: 20%
  • Only Basketball: 10%
  • Both Football & Cricket (Intersection): 20%
  • Both Basketball & Cricket (Intersection): 15%
  • Both Football & Basketball (Intersection): 10%
  • All Three Games: 5%
  • No Games: 15 students

Players Percentage Sum

We calculate the sum of percentages for distinct groups playing at least one game:

  • Only Cricket: 30%
  • Only Football: 20%
  • Only Basketball: 10%
  • Cricket and Football only (excluding all three): $20\% - 5\% = 15\%$
  • Basketball and Cricket only (excluding all three): $15\% - 5\% = 10\%$
  • Football and Basketball only (excluding all three): $10\% - 5\% = 5\%$
  • All Three Games: 5%

Total percentage of students playing at least one game = $30\% + 20\% + 10\% + 15\% + 10\% + 5\% + 5\% = 95\%$

Non-Players Percentage

The percentage of students playing no games is calculated as:

$100\% - (\text{Percentage playing at least one game}) = 100\% - 95\% = 5\%$

Final Total Students

We are given that 15 students play no games. This 15 corresponds to the 5% calculated above.

Let '$T$' represent the total number of students.

The equation is:

$ 5\% \times T = 15 $

Converting percentage to a fraction:

$ \frac{5}{100} \times T = 15 $

Solving for '$T$':

$ T = 15 \times \frac{100}{5} $

$ T = 15 \times 20 $

$ T = 300 $

Thus, the total number of students is 300.

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Important Questions from Set Theory and Venn Diagram (Notes)

  1. Match List-I with List-II
     

    List-1List-II
    (A) If X and Y are two sets such that n(X)= 17, n(Y)=23, n(X $\cup$ Y)=38, then n(X $\cap$ Y) is(I) 20
    (B)) If n(X) = 28,n(Y) = 32,n(X$\cap$Y) = 10, then n(X$\cup$Y) is(II) 10
    (C) If n(X) = 10, then n(7X) is(III) 50
    (D) If n(Y) = 20, then n($\frac{Y}{2}$) is(IV) 2

    Choose the Correct answer from the options given below:

  2. From the given sets, which is an infinite set:
    1. {x: x $\in$ N and (x-1)(x-2) = 0}
    2. {x: x $\in$ N and x is prime number and less than 199}
    3. {x: x $\in$ N and x$^5$ - 1 = 0}
    4. {x: x $\in$ N and x is odd}
  3. Consider the following relation R={(4,5),(5,4), (7,6),(6,7)} on set I={4,5,6,7}. Which of the following properties relation R does not have?

    A. Reflexive property
    B. Symmetric property
    C. Transitive property
    D. Antisymmetric property

    Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

  4. Find the least upper bound and greatest lower bound of $S=\{X,Y,Z\}$ if they exist, of the poset whose Hasse diagram is shown below:

  5. In a class, 40 like Math, 35 like Science, 30 like English; 15 like both Math and Science, 12 like Math and English, 10 like Science and English, 5 like all three. How many like atleast one?
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