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school has 60 students

by iikarthik » Sun May 17, 2009 3:20 am
A school has 60 students, each of whom studies either Cantonese or French. How many of them study French?
(1) The number of students who study French is 4 times the number of the students that study Cantonese.
(2) The number of students who study Cantonese is 36 less than the number who study French.

OA is E

I feel the answer should be D as the Q doesnt ask for only french or only Cantonese speakers but only the total no of speakers of Cantonese or French. Gurus.pls clarify
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Re: school has 60 students

by ketkoag » Sun May 17, 2009 6:25 am
iikarthik wrote:A school has 60 students, each of whom studies either Cantonese or French. How many of them study French?
(1) The number of students who study French is 4 times the number of the students that study Cantonese.
(2) The number of students who study Cantonese is 36 less than the number who study French.

OA is E

I feel the answer should be D as the Q doesnt ask for only french or only Cantonese speakers but only the total no of speakers of Cantonese or French. Gurus.pls clarify
As per the language of the question posted above, the students, each speaks either french or cantonese, NOT both. so in the class there is no one who speaks both. So IMO D.
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by aj5105 » Sun May 17, 2009 7:47 am
I also concluded as (D)
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