A survey of 500 television viewers produced the following information;285 watch football, 195 watch hockey, 115 watch basketball, 45 watch football and basketball, 70 watch football and hockey, 50 watch hockey and basketball, 50 do not watch any of the three games. How many watch all the three games? How many watch exactly one of the three games?

Let ,


Total number of People n(P) = 500.


People who watch Basketball n(B) =115.


People who watch Football n(F) = 285.


People who watch Hockey n(H) = 195.


People who watch Basketball and Hockey n(B H) = 50


People who watch Football and Hockey n(H F) = 70


People who watch Basketball and Football n(B F) = 45


People who do not watch any games. n(HBF)= 50


Now,


n(HBF)’ = n(P) – n(HBF)


50 = 500–( n(H)+n(B)+n(F) – n (H B)– n (H F)– n (B F)+ n (H B F))


50 = 500–(285+195+115–70–50–45 +n (H B F))


50 = 500–430 + n (H B F))


n (H B F) = 70–50


n (H B F)) = 20


20 People watch all three games.


Number of people who only watch football


= 285–(50+20+25)


= 285–95


= 190.


Number of people who only watch Hockey


= 195–(50+20+30)


= 195–100


= 95.


Number of people who only watch Basketball


= 115–(25+20+30)


= 115–75


= 40.


Number of people who watch exactly one of the three games


As the sets are pairwise disjoint we can write


= number of people who watch either football only or hockey only or Basketball only


=190+95+40


=325


325 people watch exactly one of the three games.


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