A survey shows that of the people in a city read newspaper A whereas read newspaper B. if of the people read both the newspapers, then a possible value of x can be:
- (A)29
- (B)55✓ Correct
- (C)37
- (D)65
Answer: (B)
Solution
By inclusion--exclusion . The union cannot exceed the whole population, so , giving ; and the overlap cannot exceed the smaller set, so . Thus lies in , and the only value in that range is .
JEE Main · 2020 · 04 Sep 2020 · Shift 1 · Single correct option