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The number of students who take both the subjects Mathematics and Chemistry is 30. This represents 10% of the enrollment in Mathematics and 12% of the enrollment in Chemistry. The number of students take at least one of these two subjects, is (1) 250 (2) 490 (3) 560 (4) 540

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eginarrayl	extGiven the number of students took mathematics and chemistry both are=30\ 	extFurther, 	extLet number of students enrolled in mathematics are x, 	extin chemistry are y.\ 	extGiven, 10\% 	extof x=	extnumber of students took mathematics and chemistry both=30\ x=frac3010\%=300\ 	extSimilarily, 12\% 	extof y=30\ y=250\ 	extAs per asked in the question, the number of students take at least one of these two subjects\ 	extwill be equal to the lowest of x 	extand y.\ 	extSo answer is 250.endarray

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