JEE Main · 2020 · 04 Sep 2020 · Shift 1 · Sets Relations and Functions

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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:
  1. (A)29
  2. (B)55✓ Correct
  3. (C)37
  4. (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 .

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