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600 students took the test on English and Maths. 35% students failed in english and 45% failed in maths. 40% of those who passed in maths also passed in english, then how many students failed in both ?

A. 162
B. 138
C. 60
D. 38
E. 12


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- a: % student who passed English only
- b: % student who passed Math only
- c: % student who passed both
- d: % student who failed both

a + b + c + d = 100%
* 35% students failed in english: b+d = 35%
* 45% failed in maths: a + d = 45%
We get:
(1) a-b = 10% ~~> a = b+10%
(2) (a+b) + 2d = 80%, so (a+b+c+d) - (a+b+2d) = c-d = 100%-80% = 20%. d = c-20%
(3) 40% of those who passed in maths also passed in english: (b+c)*0.4 = c. So 0.4b=0.6c, or c = 2/3b

Combine (1), (2) and (3) we have:
a+b+c+d = (b+10%) + b + (2/3b) + (2/3b-20%) = (2+2*2/3)b -10% = 100%
10/3b = 110% so b = 110*3/10 = 33%.

c (% of students who passed both test) = 2/3*33% = 22%
d (% of students who passed none) = 22%-20% = 2%
so the absolute value of d (the NUMBER of student who passed none) = 2%*600 = 12. Choice E.
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600 students took the test on English and Maths. 35% students failed in english and 45% failed in maths. 40% of those who passed in maths also passed in english, then how many students failed in both ?

A. 162
B. 138
C. 60
D. 38
E. 12


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***********************Passed English**************Failed English********************Total
Passed Maths***********132*************************198************************330
Failed Maths************258**************************12*************************270
Total********************390 *************************210*************************600

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For easier and faster calculation, assume there are 100 students and solve the question.

You will get 2 as the answer. Multiply it by 6, you will have your answer right there.
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Wow! That's a great question to test both on concepts of set theory, percentage and Applications on the said topics.

Lets check this out!
Instead of using the value of 600 at this stage and incresing the complexity of the calculations ,lets keep it simple and assume that there are 100 students who took the test.

Of these 100 students, 35 failed in English which implies that 100-35 or 65 students PASSED in English.

Also, of these 100 students,45% failed in Math which implies that 100-45 0r 55 students PASSED in Math.

40% of those who passed in Math also passed in English. This is where we have to use some quick calculations.

40% of 55 = 22 students PASSED in Math and also passed in English!!

We have assumed that Total is 100 and hence lets calculate the number of students who PASSED in both the subjects.

Here, 65+ 55 - 22 = 98 students have PASSED in both the subjects.
(This is because Passed in English + Passed in Math - the overlap of Passed in both the subject will give us the number of students passed in either of the subjects)

Since 98 students passed in either of the subjects, 100-98 or 2 students FAILED in both the subjects.

:idea: A Quick GMAT Tip-On GMAT, never lose the context and the information of the Q. stem.

Since out of 100,we have 2 students failing in both the subjects, multiply this value by 6 to find the number of students failing in both the subjects out of 600.

This would be 6 * 2 = 12 students

(option e)

Hope this helps !
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A simpler methodology is shared below

35% failed English--> 65% passed it
45% failed Maths --> 55% passed it
40% who passed in Maths also English --> 40% of 55%= 22%
so in total passed in English or Maths = 65% +55% -22% [ n(A)+n(B) - n(A&B) = n(AUB) ]
= 98%

So % not passed any =100% -98% = 2% of 600 = 12
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My alternative thought process (quicker sol):

Number of students who passed mathematics (55%) but who failed in english (100%-40%): 60% of 55% i.e = 198
Number of students who failed english: 210
Number of students who failed english who also failed mathematics = 210 - 198 = 12

Therefore answer is 12
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