1) In the class of 40 students, 30 speak Hindi and 20 speak
English. What is the lowest possible number of students who
speak both the languages?
(a) 5 (b) 20 (c) 15 (d) 10 (e) 30

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1) In the class of 40 students, 30 speak Hindi and 20 speak English. What is the lowest possible nu..

Answer / vinotha

The answer is 10.

The students who speak both languages=no of students speak
English+No of students speak Hindi-Total no of students

Is This Answer Correct ?    76 Yes 5 No

1) In the class of 40 students, 30 speak Hindi and 20 speak English. What is the lowest possible nu..

Answer / lalit sharma

it should be 10 .

Is This Answer Correct ?    38 Yes 6 No

1) In the class of 40 students, 30 speak Hindi and 20 speak English. What is the lowest possible nu..

Answer / pradeep banduni

simply 10 can't speak hindi & 20 can't speak english

total no of student in class is 40 - 30 (can't speak one of
the language = 10 (can speak both.

Is This Answer Correct ?    20 Yes 5 No

1) In the class of 40 students, 30 speak Hindi and 20 speak English. What is the lowest possible nu..

Answer / annapurna

let the student who speaks hindi-x
let the student who speaks english-y
as (xuy)-(xny)=total
30+20-(xny)=40
=10

Is This Answer Correct ?    16 Yes 3 No

1) In the class of 40 students, 30 speak Hindi and 20 speak English. What is the lowest possible nu..

Answer / guest

(d) 10

Is This Answer Correct ?    9 Yes 2 No

1) In the class of 40 students, 30 speak Hindi and 20 speak English. What is the lowest possible nu..

Answer / chetan kumar

hello guys please read the questions carefully...the question
asked the lowest possible no of students who can speak both
Hindi and English
that is 50-(30+10)=10;
so 10 is the largest possible number but the lowest is 5
so the answer would be 5 i. e. option a.

Is This Answer Correct ?    8 Yes 3 No

1) In the class of 40 students, 30 speak Hindi and 20 speak English. What is the lowest possible nu..

Answer / vams

n(AUB)=n(A)+n(B)-n(AnB);
here n(A)=30;
and n(B)=20;
And n(AUB)=40;
then n(AnB)=?
find it..
n(AnB)=10..

Is This Answer Correct ?    6 Yes 2 No

1) In the class of 40 students, 30 speak Hindi and 20 speak English. What is the lowest possible nu..

Answer / bharathi

10

Is This Answer Correct ?    0 Yes 1 No

1) In the class of 40 students, 30 speak Hindi and 20 speak English. What is the lowest possible nu..

Answer / renesh

english=30
hindi=20
total=30+20=50
english=50-40=10

Is This Answer Correct ?    2 Yes 6 No

1) In the class of 40 students, 30 speak Hindi and 20 speak English. What is the lowest possible nu..

Answer / pratik

it should be 5 because it is the minimum no there is
possibility of 10 also but 5 is leethan 10 so a) is ans
20&30no chance

Is This Answer Correct ?    18 Yes 25 No

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