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QJEEM20Madea1: JEE Main 2020 Mathematics - Class 11 JEEM20Madea1 Solution: A survey shows that 63% of the people in a city read newspaper…
A survey shows that 63% of the people in a city read newspaper A whereas 76% read newspaper B. If x% of the people read both the newspapers, then a possible value of x can be:
Multiple Choice Options
- A 37
- B 65
- C 29
- D 55
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A B = 63 - x + x + 76 - x = 139 - x
As 139 - x 100
x 39
From venn diagram, you can see x should be less than 76 and 63 otherwise only A newspaper or only B newspaper reader will be negative number.
Intersection of x 63 and x 76 is = x 63.
39 x 63
From options possible value of x = 55.