Answer:
5000 students appeared in the examination.
Step-by-step explanation:
We solve this question using Venn probabilities.
I am going to say that:
Event A: Passed in Mathematics
Event B: Passed in English.
5% failed in both subjects
This means that 100 - 5 = 95% pass in at least one, which means that [tex]P(A \cup B) = 0.95[/tex]
80% passed in mathematics 75% passed in english
This means that [tex]P(A) = 0.8, P(B) = 0.75[/tex]
Proportion who passed in both:
[tex]P(A \cap B) = P(A) + P(B) - P(A \cup B)[/tex]
Considering the values we have for this problem
[tex]P(A \cap B) = P(A) + P(B) - P(A \cup B) = 0.8 + 0.75 - 0.95 = 0.6[/tex]
3000 of them were passed both subjects how many students appeared in the examination?
3000 is 60% of the total t. So
[tex]0.6t = 3000[/tex]
[tex]t = \frac{3000}{0.6}[/tex]
[tex]t = 5000[/tex]
5000 students appeared in the examination.