Question 485404: Respected Sir / Mam ,
Please help me to solve this question. I will be very grateful for your help .
My question is
A town has a total population of 50,000 . Out of it 28,000 read the newspaper X and 23,000 read Y while 4000 read both the the papers. The number of persons not reading X and Y both is
As the answer given is : 3000
Please provide me the steps for this question.
Thank you
Answer by chessace(471)   (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! No wonder you have issues with this one, it is poorly stated.
The number of persons NOT reading "X and Y both" is 46,000.
It should read "How many persons read neither (no, nadda, zippo) paper?"
Ans: 3000.
Method: The number of papers read is X + Y = 51,000.
The number of persons reading them is less due to some of those persons being counted twice, so subtract them out.
51000 - 4000 = 47000 persons read at least one of those papers.
You are (or should have been) asked How many NOT readers? so that's all the people - those who read:
50000 - 47000 = 3000.
This is a case of the given answer helping to better word the question.
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