Last year 4/5 of the applicants for a job on a police force passed the

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60 passed both. DS:- B

Hi Bunuel, i am in difficulty with this kine of problems. When should i assume that Neither is = 0?

in this question it was simply asked about the no. of applicants who passed both the examinations that is equal to 60.
so no need to find neither and you can't assume neither equal to zero until or unless it is not specified in the question stem.

hope it helps

how many of the applicants passed both examinations ?

Whenever you face a .... both questions, remember to use the Venn Diagram:

Physical + Written - Both +Neither = Total .... which is actually the: N(A) + N(B) -N(A intersect B) +Neither = All

So ... 4/5 of All = physical examination.
And ... here is the trick! 3/4 of the applicants who passed the physical examination, also passed the written examination! This is equal to the BOTH . So if we have the total number of applicants, we also know the number of physical and consequently we do know the number of BOTH which is equal to 3/4 of the applicants who passed the physical examination. Hence (2) statement is sufficient and (1) is not sufficient. Thus it is B.

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