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by pavitkumar » Mon Apr 16, 2012 10:32 pm
In a group of 68 students, each student is registered for at least one of three classes - History, Math and English. Twenty-five students are registered for History, twenty-five students are registered for Math, and thirty-four students are registered for English. If only three students are registered for all three classes, how many students are registered for exactly two classes?

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I got the explanation given by manhattan but its way too long and i find it difficult finishing the question using that method in 2/2.5 minutes. Thus I want to know what is the best approach for this question.
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by cindy79 » Mon Apr 16, 2012 10:46 pm
pavitkumar wrote:In a group of 68 students, each student is registered for at least one of three classes - History, Math and English. Twenty-five students are registered for History, twenty-five students are registered for Math, and thirty-four students are registered for English. If only three students are registered for all three classes, how many students are registered for exactly two classes?

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remember following formula:
︱A∪B∪C︱�︱A︱＋︱B︱＋︱C︱�︱A∩B︱�︱B∩C︱�︱C∩A︱＋︱A∩B∩C︱
then u can calculate the answer.
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by aneesh.kg » Mon Apr 16, 2012 10:51 pm
Well, just a small modification to what Cindy wrote. What she wrote is correct, but the below (alternate) formula will give you the answer sooner:

︱A∪B∪C︱�︱A︱＋︱B︱＋︱C︱� [The number of people in exactly two groups] - 2 *︱A∩B∩C︱

68 = 25 + 25 + 34 - x - 2*3

x = 10

Note: It's useful to know both the formulae. And, it's even more useful to know where they come from.
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by pavitkumar » Mon Apr 16, 2012 11:29 pm
︱A∪B∪C︱�︱A︱＋︱B︱＋︱C︱� [The number of people in exactly two groups] - 2 *︱A∩B∩C︱

68 = 25 + 25 + 34 - x - 2*3

Hey Aneesh, as you said its important to know, "where they come from"

I didn't get why your multiplied 3 ( i.e. A∩B∩C ) with 2 before subtracting.

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by aneesh.kg » Mon Apr 16, 2012 11:37 pm
Um, Draw a Venn Diagram (the three overlapping circles) to understand this.
If you name the three groups as A, B and C

|A U B U C| is all the area inside those circles.

so,

|A U B U C| = |A| + |B| + |C| - (what else?)

Since, the question is talking about the region for exactly two groups, let's subtract that region from the equation.

so,

|A U B U C| = |A| + |B| + |C| - [People in exactly two groups] -/+ (anything else?)

well now,

when we added the three groups A + B + C, we have counted the ︱A∩B∩C︱ region thrice. But we want it only once. So, WE WILL SUBTRACT IT TWICE.

So, now the final equation is

|A U B U C| = |A| + |B| + |C| - [People in exactly two groups] - 2*︱A∩B∩C︱

makes sense?
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by GMATGuruNY » Tue Apr 17, 2012 3:22 am
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by ronnie1985 » Tue Apr 17, 2012 10:09 am
Use venn diagram to solve
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by amit28it » Fri Apr 20, 2012 11:57 pm
You can solve it in this manner and in my opinion its the best and fastest way to solve it,
A∪B∪C︱�︱A︱＋︱B︱＋︱C︱� [people in exactly two groups] - 2 *︱A∩B∩C︱

68 = 25 + 25 + 34 - x - 2*3

x = 10
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