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In a town of 10,000 families it was found that

40 \%

family buy newspaper A,

20 \%

buy newspaper

\mathrm{B}

and

10 \%

families buy newspaper C,

5 \%

families buy A and B,

3 \%

buy

\mathrm{B}

and

\mathrm{C}

and

4 \%

buy

\mathrm{A}

and

\mathrm{C}

. If

2 \%

families buy all the three newspapers, then number of families which buy A only is

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Correct option: B

3300

Option B (3300) is correct because it represents the number of families that buy newspaper A only, calculated using the principle of inclusion-exclusion.

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\}

and

B=\{x: x

is a multiple of 5}, then

A-B

is equal to If

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? In a town of 10000 families, it was found that

40 \%

families buy newspaper

A, 20 \%

families buy newspaper B and

10 \%

families buy newspaper

C

, 5% families buy newspapers

A

and B, 3% buy newspapers B and

C

and

4 \%

buy newspapers

A

and

C

. If

2 \%

families buy all the three newspapers, then number of families which buy

A

only is