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JEE Main 2024Sets and Relations Question with Solution

JEE Main 2024 (30 Jan Shift 1)

Question

A group of 40 students appeared in an examination of 3 subjects - Mathematics, Physics & Chemistry. It was found that all students passed in at least one of the subjects, 20 students passed in Mathematics, 25 students passed in Physics, 16 students passed in Chemistry, at most 11 students passed in both Mathematics and Physics, at most 15 students passed in both Physics and Chemistry, at most 15 students passed in both Mathematics and Chemistry. The maximum number of students passed in all the three subjects is _____.

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Show full solutionCorrect answer: 10
Correct answer
10

Step-by-step explanation

Given,

nM=20, nP=25, nC=16 

And nMP11, nMC15, nPC15

Now, plotting the diagram and taking all three subjects passed as x we get,

Now, for maximum let x =11.

So, the venn diagram will be,

Now, using the given conditions we get,

11+z15z4

11+y15y4

Now finding the sum of all we get,

9-z+0+14-y+z+11+y+5-y-z=40

y+z=-1 which is not possible hence the value of x=11 is not possible,

Now taking the maximum value as x=10,

We get, 10+z15z5

10+y15y5

Plotting the venn diagram we get,

Now, finding the sum we get,

10-z+0+15-y+z+10+y+6-y-z=40

y+z=1 which is possible,

Hence, possible venn diagram will be,

Hence, the maximum number of students passed in all the three subjects is 10.

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