Out of 80 students who appeared for the school exams in Mathematics (M), Physics (P) and Chemistry (C), 50 passed M, 30 passed P and 40 passed C. At most 20 students passed M and P, at most 20…
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Out of 80 students who appeared for the school exams in Mathematics (M), Physics (P) and Chemistry (C), 50 passed M, 30 passed P and 40 passed C. At most 20 students passed M and P, at most 20 students passed P and C, and at most 20 students passed C and M. The maximum number of students who could have passed all three exams is
- 13
- 40
- 20
- 30
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: C - 20
At most students can pass all three, since every such student also passed Mathematics and Physics, whose intersection is capped at . The bound is attained with passing all three and passing only Mathematics, only Physics and only Chemistry, respectively. This accounts for all students and each subject total, while in all three would exceed each pairwise cap.
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