Question
In a survey of 600 students in a school, 150 students were found to be taking tea and 225 taking coffee, 100 were taking both tea and coffee. Find how many students were taking neither tea nor coffee.

Answer

Let T be the set of students who like tea and C be the set of students who like coffee.
Here n(T) = 150, m (C) = 225 and$n(C \cap T) = 100$
We know that$n(C \cup T) = n(C) + n(T) - n(C \cap T)$
= 150 + 225 - 100 = 275
$\therefore$Number of students taking either tea or coffee += 275
$\therefore$Number of students taking neither tea nor coffee = 600 - 275 = 325

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