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In a survey of $100$ boys it was found that $50$ used white shirts, $40$ red shirts and $30$ blue shirts. $20$ were habituated in using both white and red shirts. $15$ were using both red and blue shirts and $10$ were using blue and white shirts. Find the number of boys who are using all colours.

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Correct Answer

✅ Option b — 25

All Options:

  • A20
  • B25
  • C30
  • D35

Detailed Solution & Explanation

Let W\displaystyle W be the set of boys using white shirts, R\displaystyle R be the set of boys using red shirts, and B\displaystyle B be the set of boys using blue shirts.
We are given:
- Total number of boys: n(W∪R∪B)=100\displaystyle n(W \cup R \cup B) = 100 (assuming all boys in the survey use at least one color)
- n(W)=50\displaystyle n(W) = 50
- n(R)=40\displaystyle n(R) = 40
- n(B)=30\displaystyle n(B) = 30
- n(W∩R)=20\displaystyle n(W \cap R) = 20
- n(R∩B)=15\displaystyle n(R \cap B) = 15
- n(W∩B)=10\displaystyle n(W \cap B) = 10
We need to find the number of boys who use all three colors, which is represented by the intersection n(W∩R∩B)\displaystyle n(W \cap R \cap B).
Using the Principle of Inclusion-Exclusion for three sets:
n(W∪R∪B)=n(W)+n(R)+n(B)−n(W∩R)−n(R∩B)−n(W∩B)+n(W∩R∩B)n(W \cup R \cup B) = n(W) + n(R) + n(B) - n(W \cap R) - n(R \cap B) - n(W \cap B) + n(W \cap R \cap B)100=50+40+30−20−15−10+n(W∩R∩B)100 = 50 + 40 + 30 - 20 - 15 - 10 + n(W \cap R \cap B)100=120−45+n(W∩R∩B)100 = 120 - 45 + n(W \cap R \cap B)100=75+n(W∩R∩B)100 = 75 + n(W \cap R \cap B)n(W∩R∩B)=100−75=25n(W \cap R \cap B) = 100 - 75 = 25
Hence, **Option B** is the correct answer.

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Paper 3: Quantitative Aptitude

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