Question

In a group of 50 people, 35 speak Hindi and 40 speak English. How many people speak both the languages, if (i) it is known that all the people speak at least one of the two languages. (ii) Some people in the group speak a language other than Hindi and English.

Answer 1

Answer:

40

Step-by-step explanation:

Let a be no. of people speaking hindi and b be no. of people speaking english.

n(a) = 35

n(b) = ?

Number of people who speak only english = 50-35 = 15

Number of people who speak english = 15+25 = 40 = n(b)