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At a certain carnival with 800 patrons, 300 of the female patrons like clowns, and 450 of the patrons are male. What is the total number of patrons who like clowns?

(1) At least 450 of the males at the carnival do not like clowns.
(2) 50 females at the carnival do not like clowns.
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Total number of patrons = 800
Number of male patrons = 450
Number of female patrons = 350
Number of female patrons who like clowns = 300
total number of patrons who like clowns = Number of female patrons who like clowns + Number of male patrons who like clowns

(1) At least 450 of the males at the carnival do not like clowns.
As per statement 1 , none of male patrons like clowns
Sufficient
(2) 50 females at the carnival do not like clowns
This information is already given
Not sufficient

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At a certain carnival with 800 patrons, 300 of the female patrons like clowns, and 450 of the patrons are male. What is the total number of patrons who like clowns?

(1) At least 450 of the males at the carnival do not like clowns.
This means that there are 0 males that like clowns, so only 300 patrons like clowns
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(2) 50 females at the carnival do not like clowns.
This information is already given
Insufficient

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At a certain carnival with 800 patrons, 300 of the female patrons like clowns, and 450 of the patrons are male. What is the total number of patrons who like clowns?
(1) At least 450 of the males at the carnival do not like clowns.
(2) 50 females at the carnival do not like clowns.
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Statement 1: At least 450 of the males at the carnival do not like clowns
  • According to this statement, males who do not like clown \(\ge 450\)
  • But total number of males is 450
  • Therefore, males who do not like clown \(= 450\) and who like clown \(=0\)
  • total number of patrons who like clowns = 300
  • Thus, statement 1 alone is sufficient and we can eliminate options B, C and E

[b]Statement 2: 50 females at the carnival do not like clowns
  • According to this statement, females who do not like clown \(= 50\)
  • This will be of no help to get the answer

Hence the right answer is Option A
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