In a survey of 600 students in a school, 150 students were found to be taking tea and 225 taking coffee, 100 were taking both tea and coffee. Find how many students were taking neither tea nor coffee?

Question

Philoid · Accepted Answer

Let us assume U be the set of all students who took part in the survey

Let T be the set of students taking tea

And, let C be the set of the students taking coffee

Total number of students in a school, n (U) = 600

Number of students taking tea, n (T) = 150

Number of students taking coffee, n (C) = 225

Also,

Now, we have to find that number of students taking neither coffee nor tea i.e.

∴

=

= 600 – [150 + 225 – 100]

= 600 – 275

= 325

∴ Number of students taking neither coffee nor tea = 325 students