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In a beauty contest, half the number of experts voted for Miss A and two-third voted for Miss B, 10 voted for both and 6 did not vote for either. Then how many experts were there?

A
20
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24
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C
22
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26
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Solution

The correct option is B 24
Let the number of experts be x.


Then, x210+23x=x6
x=24

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