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by alltimeacheiver » Sun May 01, 2011 9:58 pm
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80 Percent of the people in a party drinbk coffee, 10 percent of these also drink tea. 10 Percent in a party neither of these two drinks. what percent of the people in the party drink?

a coffee only, b only tea, c tea

What is the answer it got coffee

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by selango » Sun May 01, 2011 10:00 pm
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by srcc25anu » Mon May 02, 2011 12:25 am
coffee not coffee total
tea 10 10 20
not tea 70 10 80
total 80 20 100

hence only coffee = 70%
only tea = 10%
Tea = 20%

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by MAAJ » Tue May 03, 2011 2:50 pm
Use a table instead of a Venn diagram for these type of questions. With practice you will determine which one is better to use in each case.
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by atulmangal » Wed May 04, 2011 12:22 am
IMO

a) 72% people drink coffee only
b) 10% people drink tea only
c) 18% people drink tea

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by Vish_ » Fri Jun 10, 2011 6:49 am
IMO
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a) 72%
b) 10%
c) 18%
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by cans » Fri Jun 10, 2011 8:12 am
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80 Percent of the people in a party drink coffee, 10 percent of these also drink tea. 10 Percent in a party neither of these two drinks. what percent of the people in the party drink?

a coffee only, b only tea, c tea

What is the answer it got coffee
let total=100
80=C ; 10% of 80 = 8 both t*c
10 neither t nor c...
a) only coffee = 80-8 = 72 (=coffee - both tea& coffee)
b) only tea = 100-80-10 = 10
c) tea = 10+8 = 18 (=only tea + t&c)
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