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There are 300 girls who represent a certain school in both summer and winter sports. In summer 60% of these girls play cricket and the other plays 40% play squash.In winter the girls play hockey or netball but not both. 56% of the hockey players take cricket in summer and 30% of the cricket players take netball in winter.The number of girls who play netball and squash is
a)54 b)30 c)120 d)99 e)21



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Originally Posted by kl050196

There are 300 girls who represent a certain school in both summer and winter sports. In summer 60% of these girls play cricket and the other plays 40% play squash.In winter the girls play hockey or netball but not both. 56% of the hockey players take cricket in summer and 30% of the cricket players take netball in winter.The number of girls who play netball and squash is
a)54 b)30 c)120 d)99 e)21



THANK YOU

Answer is e
Cricket players=0.6*300=180
Squash players= 120
suppose there are x players in hockey.
So 0.56x=70% of cricket players, as 30% of cricket players now play netball
x=225
300-225=75 players in netball
75 - 30% of cricket players=21