In a group of 70 people, 37 like coffee, 52 like tea and each person likes at least one of the two drinks.
Question:
In a group of 70 people, 37 like coffee, 52 like tea and each person likes at least one of the two drinks. How many like both coffee and tea?
Solution:
Let A denote the set of the people who like tea & B denote the set of the people who like coffee.
Given :
$n(A \cup B)=70$
$n(A)=52$
$n(B)=37$
To find:
$n(A \cap B)$
We know:
$n(A \cup B)=n(A)+n(B)-n(A \cap B)$
$\Rightarrow 70=52+37-n(A \cap B)$
$\Rightarrow n(A \cap B)=19$
Therefore, 19 people like both tea \& coffee.