Question

In a village, 80% of people are Hindus and 2% are Muslims. If 36 people do not follow these two religions, by drawing a Venn diagram find the number of the Hindu.​

Answer 1

Answer: 160

Step-by-step explanation:

Assuming the two religions are mutually exclusive, this would mean 80%+2% = 82% of people are either Hindu or Muslim (but not both).

The remaining 100% - 82% = 18% of people are neither religion mentioned.

x = number of people in the village

18% of x = 36

0.18x = 36

x = 36/0.18

x = 3600/18

x = 200

Then,

80% of x = 0.80*x = 0.80*200 = 160 people are Hindu

The Venn diagram is shown below.