Question

3. A survey conducted among a group of 50 students showed that; (APPLYING)

30 students played football
9 students played cricket and football
x students played neither cricket nor football
3x students played cricket only.
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ii. Determine the number of students who played cricket.​

Answer 1

Explanation:

this is a set problem (mathematical set)

30 students played soccer

9 students played cricket and soccer

x students played neither cricket nor soccer

3x students played cricket only.

we can see that in the first set 21 appears and in the middle of the set 9 because it says 30 students played soccer adding x and 3x we have the following formula

30 + x + 3x = 50 where x is equal to 5 then ask us Determine the number of students who played cricket. then the value would be 3x + 9 = (3x5) + 9 = 24