SOLUTION: 55% of the members of a club play cricket and 60% play tennis.if 25% of the members play both cricket and tennis and 150 members play neither sport, then how many members are there
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Question 1021356: 55% of the members of a club play cricket and 60% play tennis.if 25% of the members play both cricket and tennis and 150 members play neither sport, then how many members are there in total?
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Answer by robertb(5830) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let x = total number of members in the club
==> 0.55x = number of members playing cricket
0.60x = number of members playing tennis
and 0.25x = number of members playing both sports
==> x = 0.55x+0.60x - 0.25x +150
<==> x = 0.90x +150
0.10x = 150
x = 1,500 <--total number of members in the club.
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