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# Students in certain group know either English or French or both. If 20

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Students in certain group know either English or French or both. If 20% of those who know English do not know French, and 60% of those who know French know English, what part of the entire group knows both languages?

A) 1/2
B) 12/23
C) 23/35
D) 13/27
E) 1/5
[Reveal] Spoiler: OA

Last edited by ENGRTOMBA2018 on 10 Jan 2016, 11:27, edited 1 time in total.
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10 Jan 2016, 05:43
TeymurHajiyev wrote:
Students in certain group know either English or French or both. If 20% of those who know English do not know French, and 60% of those who know French know English, what part of the group knows both languages?

Sorry guys, for constantly bothering you with this overlapping sets things. I promise, this would be the last one

Hi,
Again, venn diag would make it easy to comprehend..

let students who Know only english =E..
let students who Know only french =F..
let students who Know both english and french = B..

total =E+F+B..
1) If 20% of those who know English do not know French..
this means that 30% of students knowing english is B..
E=.2(E+B)...
2B=8E..
$$E=B/4$$...(i)

2)60% of those who know French know English
this means that 60% of students knowing French is B.
B=.6(F+B)..
$$F=\frac{4B}{6}$$..(ii)

add values found in (i) and (ii) in total..
so $$Total=E+F+B=\frac{B}{4}+ \frac{4B}{6} + B= \frac{23}{12} * B$$...

so $$\frac{23}{12} * B=T$$...
B=12/23 of total... ans

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Re: Students in certain group know either English or French or both. If 20 [#permalink]

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Students in certain group know either English or French or both. If 20% of those who know English do not know French, and 60% of those who know French know English, what part of the group knows both languages?

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From the common area (both english and french) ---> 0.8E = 0.6F ---> 4E=3F ...(1)

Additionally, T=E+0.4F = E+(8/15)E = (23/15)E ....(2)

Additionally, fraction of total group that knows both English and French = 0.8E = 0.8*(15/23) T = (12/23) T or just less than 50% of the total students.

Hope this helps.

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