How many love everything?

In a class of 150 150 students, 90 % 90\% love singing, 86 % 86\% love dancing, 80 % 80\% love acting and 74 % 74\% love studying. Then what is the minimum number of students who love all the mentioned activities?


The answer is 45.

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4 solutions

Otto Bretscher
Apr 22, 2016

The percentages who don't love these activities are 10%, 14%, 20%, and 26%, resp.. If these populations are distinct, then the percentage who loves everything is 100%-10%-14%-20%-26%=30%, or, 45 \boxed{45} students.

Where is said that the populations are distinct? It’s nowhere said that who loves math only loves math. Therefore it’s legit to assume that all ones that love math may love anything else, and so 74% of 150 = 111 should be the answer.

L L - 2 weeks, 4 days ago
Rômulo Rodrigues
Mar 14, 2018

Consider the following sets:

A: Students who love singing

B: Students who love dancing

C: Students who love acting

D: Students who love studying

The number of students that do not like all these four activities is given by ( A B C D ) c = ( A c B c C c D c ) |(A \cup B \cup C \cup D)^c| = |(A^c \cap B^c \cap C^c \cap D^c)| , where the equality holds due to De'Morgan's Law. An upper bound is given by

( A c B c C c D c ) A c + B c + C c + D c |(A^c \cap B^c \cap C^c \cap D^c)| \leq |A^c| + |B^c| + |C^c| + |D^c|

( A c B c C c D c ) . 1 150 + . 14 150 + . 2 150 + . 26 150 |(A^c \cap B^c \cap C^c \cap D^c)| \leq .1*150 + .14*150 + .2*150 + .26*150

( A c B c C c D c ) 105 |(A^c \cap B^c \cap C^c \cap D^c)| \leq 105

To find the minimum number of students that love all the activities, we assume that A c , B c , C c , A^c, B^c, C^c, and D c D^c are disjoint. Consequently, at the most 105 students do not love all these four activities. We conclude that at least 150 - 105 = 45 students love all the activities.

Rohit Sharma
Dec 10, 2016

First of all find the percent of all students who loves each things i.e. love singing = 90% so total no. of students who love singing = 90/100 * 150 = 135.

love dancing = 86% so total no. of students who love dancing = 86/100 * 150 = 129.

love acting = 80% so total no. of students who love acting = 80/100 * 150 = 120.

love studying = 74% so total no. of students who love studying =74/100 * 150 =111.

now subtract each of the solution with total i.e. with 150. After subtraction you will get the following solutions...15...21...20...39. now sum up these numbers and subtract form total .....i.e. (150)-(105) = 45 and that's the solution. :)

Minium percentage of student who love...

  • Singing and Dancing : 100 ( 100 90 ) ( 100 86 ) = 76 100-(100-90)-(100-86)=76

  • Singing, Dancing and Acting : 100 ( 100 76 ) ( 100 80 ) = 56 100-(100-76)-(100-80)=56

  • Singing, Dancing, Acting and Studying(All) : 100 ( 100 56 ) ( 100 74 ) = 30 100-(100-56)-(100-74)=30

Hence, the answer is 150. ( 0.3 ) = 45 150.(0.3) =45

Exactly I did ot the same way ;)

Ashish Menon - 5 years, 1 month ago

I like your solution :D

John Ernest Doronio - 2 years, 8 months ago

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