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by melcra » Tue Dec 30, 2008 7:08 am
A marketing firm determined that, of 200 households surveyed, 80 used neither Brand A nor Brand B soap, 60 used only Brand A soap, and for every household that used both brands of soap, 3 used only Brand B soap. How many of the 200 households surveyed used both brands of soap?

A) 15
B) 20
C) 30
D) 40
E) 45
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by Brent@GMATPrepNow » Tue Dec 30, 2008 7:53 am
Hi,

This question was covered earlier at: https://www.beatthegmat.com/double-matrix-t25946.html

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by melcra » Tue Dec 30, 2008 8:10 am
Thanks.