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Of the 120 members of a science committee, 60 are from Europe or Asia, 70 are from Asia or America, and 80 are from Europe or America. If the rest members are from Africa and each member could be from only one continent, how many members are from Africa?
A. 10
B. 15
C. 20
D. 25
E. 30



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Of the 120 members of a science committee, 60 are from Europe or Asia, 70 are from Asia or America, and 80 are from Europe or America. If the rest members are from Africa and each member could be from only one continent, how many members are from Africa?
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Good one arjarjarjarj... :-)

Call E=europe A=asia and M=america F=africa
E+A = 60
A + M = 70
M + E = 80

Add all to get 2(A+E+M)=210 so A+E+M = 105

Now A+M+E+F = 120. so F=15
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nice one right???
:bebe

:bouncer :shot
even i was baffled , and could not solve it ...
but after some wonderful soul like you helped me .. i realised my folly.
good work giri.
keep it up.
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Of the 120 members of a science committee, 60 are from Europe or Asia, 70 are from Asia or America, and 80 are from Europe or America. If the rest members are from Africa and each member could be from only one continent, how many members are from Africa?
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2(E+As+Am)=210
Af = 120 - (E+As+Am)=120-105=15
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arjtryarjtry - good question +1

I was ratting my head over this.
Same approach as bhushangiri & suresh.



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