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- Failed in examination
In an examination, 20% of total students failed in history,15% failed in English and 5% of total number of students failed in both subjects. Find the percentage of total number of students who passed in both the subjects. - A merit scholarship
Last year’s freshman class at Big State University totaled 5,307 students. Of those, 1,264 received a merit scholarship to help offset tuition costs during their freshman year (although the amount varied per student). The amount a student received was N($ - Two games In a class of 65 students, 30 students play cricket, 20 students play tennis, and 10 students play both games. Then, find the number of students who play neither.
- Test and exam
1100 boys and 700 girls appeared in a test. If 42% of boys and 36% of girls passed, then find the percentage of students who failed.
- Two points
M and N are two points on the X-axis and Y-axis, respectively. Point P (3, 2) divides the line segment MN in a ratio of 2:3. Find: (i) the coordinates of M and N (ii) slope of the line MN. - Football and cricket In a school 40% of the students play football and 50% play cricket. If 18% of the students neither play football nor cricket, then find the percentage of the students playing both.
- LS and y-axis intersection In what ratio is the line segment joining P (5, 3) and Q (–5, 3) divided by the y-axis? Also, find the coordinates of the intersection point.
- The well 3 When the health department tested private wells in a county for two impurities commonly found in drinking water, it found that 20% of the wells had neither impurity, 40% had impurity A, and 50% had impurity B. (Obviously, some had both impurities. ) If a
- Two sets 2 If X and Y are two sets such that X ∪ Y has 50 elements, X has 28 elements and Y has 32 elements, how many elements does X ⋂ Y have?
- An examination
In an examination 65% students passed in English and 56% in mathematics. And 25% failed in both the subjects. If 414 passed in both the subjects, then find the total number of students. - Richard
Richard is conducting an experiment. Every time he flips a fair two-sided coin, he also rolls a six-sided die. What is the probability that the coin will land on tails and the die will land on an even number? - The row
The row of shrubs will be 20 feet long. Maya planted three sets of shrubs. One shrub needs to be 7 1/2 feet from the other shrub. How can you use fractions to show how far apart each shrub is from each other? - X intercept Given: 3y+2x=-6 Calculate the X-intercept.
- Library and gym In a town, 7/8 of the population has a library card, and 3/4 has a gym membership. What fraction of the population has either a library card or a gym membership?
- And or logic
If A and B are events with P(A)=0.3, P(A OR B)=0.76, and P(A AND B)=0.04, find P(B). Enter your answer in decimal form, rounded to one place. - Three 241
Three-fifths of the t-shirts in a t-shirt shop are blue. Five-eights of those T-shirts are on sale. One-third of the blue of the blue shirts that are on sale are size medium. What fraction of the shop's blue T-shirts are on sale and size medium? - And - or probability rules Given P(A)=0.4, P(B)=0.56, and P(A and B)=0.274, find the value of P(A or B), rounding, if necessary.
- Min-max
What is the maximum and minimum of the data set: 6, 2, 3, 3, 2, 2 - Exactly 4
Exactly 1/6 of the kids are playing on the playground. Exactly 3/5 of the kids are playing soccer. Jack adds 1/6 + 3/5 to find the total fraction of kids at the park playing on the playground or playing soccer. Is he correct?
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