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In a group of 950 persons, 750 can speak Hindi and 460 can speak English, find:

(i) How many can speak Hindi and English;

(ii) How many can speak Hindi only;

(iii) How many can speak English only.

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Let A denote the set of persons who can speak English and B denote the set of persons who can speak Hindi.Then, nAB=950, nA=460, nB=750.i Number of people that can speak both English and Hindi=nAB=nA+nB-nAB [Since, nAB=nA+nB-nAB]=460+750-950=1210-950=260iiNumber of people that can speak Hindi only=nB-A=nB-nAB=750-260=490iiiNumber of people that can speak English only=nA-B=nA-nAB=460-260=200

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