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Set Theory Problem Solutions

The document presents a series of set theory problems involving students and their enrollment in various subjects, musicians and their music preferences, and farmers growing crops. Each problem requires determining the number of individuals involved in specific categories based on given percentages and overlaps. The problems are structured as multiple-choice questions, testing the reader's understanding of set theory concepts.

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Set Theory Problem Solutions

The document presents a series of set theory problems involving students and their enrollment in various subjects, musicians and their music preferences, and farmers growing crops. Each problem requires determining the number of individuals involved in specific categories based on given percentages and overlaps. The problems are structured as multiple-choice questions, testing the reader's understanding of set theory concepts.

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11.

SET THEORY

1. In a class of 40 students, 12 enrolled for both English and German. 22 enrolled for German. If
the students of the class enrolled for at least one of the two subjects, then how many
students enrolled for only English and but not German?
A. 30 B. 10 C. 18 D. 28 E. 32
2. In a group of 15, 7 have studied Latin, 8 have studied Greek, and 3 have not studied either.
How many of these studied both Latin and Greek?
A.0 B.3 C.4 D.5
3. In a group of 50 musicians, 28 play pop music and 20 play classical music. If 10 musicians play
neither of the two kinds of music, find the number of musicians who play both kind of music?
a) 9 b) 8 c) 6 d) 14
4. In a class 40% of the students enrolled for Math and 70% enrolled for Economics. If 15% of
the students enrolled for both Math and Economics, what % of the students of the class did
not enrol for either of the two subjects?
A. 0% B. 5% C. 15% D. 25% E. 35%
5. At the birthday party of Sherry, a baby boy, 40 persons chose to kiss him and 25 chose to
shake hands with him. 10 persons chose to both kiss him and shake hands with him. How
many persons turned out at the party?
a) 35 b) 45 c) 55 d) 65
6. In a class of 64 students, 50% of the students have taken sociology and 75% of the students
have taken political science. All students have chosen either one subject. How many students
have taken both the subjects?
a) 18 b) 32 c) 28 d) 16
7. In a class 42% of students like cricket, 5% like both cricket and football, 10% like none. If 96
students like only football then how many students like only cricket?
a) 74 b) 148 c) 78 d) 162

8. In an examination 24 out of 80 students failed in English, 40% failed in Hindi and 20% failed in
both. How many students successfully cleared both the subjects?
a) 38 b) 40 c) 28 d) 36
9. In an examination, 38% of students fail in English and 61% pass in Hindi and 23% fail in both.
Find the actual failure percentage?
a) 23% b) 38% c) 42% d) 54%
10. Khan the Barber shaved 40% of his customers and did haircut for 80% of his customers & did
both for 20% of his customers. He charges Rs.25 for a shave & Rs.60 for a haircut. What were
Khan's earnings if there were 175 customers?
a) 11000 b) 11050 c) 10150 d) None of these
11. In a class, each student likes either cricket or football. 40% of the students like football, 80%
of the students like cricket. The number of students who like only cricket is 40 more than the
number of students who like only football. Then the strength of the class is?
12. In a village of 40 farmers, the number of farmers who grew sugarcane is half the number who
grew paddy. Each farmer in the village grew at least one of the two crops. If five farmers grew
both the crops, how many farmers grew sugarcane?
a) 5 b) 10 c) 15 d) 20

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