### CAT 2019 Slot 2 - DILR Question 31

Instructions

Students in a college are discussing two proposals --
A: a proposal by the authorities to introduce dress code on campus, and
B: a proposal by the students to allow multinational food franchises to set up outlets on college campus.

A student does not necessarily support either of the two proposals.

In an upcoming election for student union president, there are two candidates in fray:
Sunita and Ragini. Every student prefers one of the two candidates.

A survey was conducted among the students by picking a sample of 500 students. The following information was noted from this survey.

1. 250 students supported proposal A and 250 students supported proposal B.
2. Among the 200 students who preferred Sunita as student union president, 80% supported proposal A.
3. Among those who preferred Ragini, 30% supported proposal A.
4. 20% of those who supported proposal B preferred Sunita.
5. 40% of those who did not support proposal B preferred Ragini.
6. Every student who preferred Sunita and supported proposal B also supported proposal A.
7. Among those who preferred Ragini, 20% did not support any of the proposals.

Question 31

# What percentage of the students surveyed who supported both proposals A and B preferred Sunita as student union president?

Solution

Total number of students surveyed= 500

Every student prefers one of the two candidates. Ragini(R) and Sunita(S).

Thus, R+S=500.

According to statement 2, "Among the 200 students who preferred Sunita as student union president, 80% supported proposal A."

The number of students who support Sunita(S)=200

The number of students who supported Ragini(R)=300

According to statements 2 and 3, 160 students who supported Sunita also supported the proposal A & 90 students who supported Ragini also supported proposal A.

According to statements 4 and 6, we can make the following Venn diagram for Sunita.

According to statement 5 and 7, we can make the following Venn diagram.

According to the Venn diagram,  the students surveyed who supported both proposals A and B preferred Sunita as student union president $$\frac{50}{50+50}$$ % =50%