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In an examination students fail in Mathematics, fail in English. If fail in both, the pass percentage is:

  1. A
  2. B
  3. C
  4. D

Solution & Step-by-step Explanation

Let's apply the principle of inclusion-exclusion for sets to find the total percentage of students who failed in at least one subject.
Let:

* be the percentage of students failing in Mathematics =
* be the percentage of students failing in English =
* be the percentage of students failing in both subjects =

The total percentage of students who failed () is:





The percentage of students who passed all subjects is the complement of the total fail percentage:

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In an examination students fail in Mathematics, fail in English. If fail in both, the pass percentage is:
A
B
C
D

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