If 70% of students in a school play cricket, 50% play football, and 20% play bot

Practice Questions

Q1
If 70% of students in a school play cricket, 50% play football, and 20% play both, what percentage of students play either cricket or football?
  1. 100%
  2. 90%
  3. 80%
  4. 70%

Questions & Step-by-Step Solutions

If 70% of students in a school play cricket, 50% play football, and 20% play both, what percentage of students play either cricket or football?
  • Step 1: Identify the percentage of students who play cricket, which is 70%.
  • Step 2: Identify the percentage of students who play football, which is 50%.
  • Step 3: Identify the percentage of students who play both cricket and football, which is 20%.
  • Step 4: To find the percentage of students who play either cricket or football, use the formula: (Percentage of cricket players) + (Percentage of football players) - (Percentage of both).
  • Step 5: Plug in the numbers: 70% + 50% - 20%.
  • Step 6: Calculate the result: 70 + 50 = 120, then 120 - 20 = 100.
  • Step 7: The final answer is that 100% of students play either cricket or football.
  • Inclusion-Exclusion Principle – A method used to calculate the size of the union of two or more sets by including the sizes of the individual sets and excluding the sizes of their intersections.
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