Question

In class 35 students, 24 like to play cricket and 16 like to play football. Also each student likes to play atleast one of the two games. How many students of like to play both cricket and football?
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Answer 1

Answer:

5

Step-by-step explanation:

Let x number of students like both cricket and football

since each student like atleast one, all 35 students should be accounted

so, 35 = 24 - x + 16 -x + x

which gives x as 5

Answer 2

Step-by-step explanation:

Student like cricket + student like football =24+16=40

because some student have been counted twice :1 time in cricket,

1 time in football

so student like both cricket and football :40−35=5

5 student