In the figure given below, the three circles show the people who speak Hindi, German and Japanese; each number is the number of people in that region.
How many people speak both Hindi and Japanese?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → 12
A person who speaks both Hindi and Japanese stands in the part common to the Hindi circle and the Japanese circle. This part has two regions: one outside the German circle and one inside it.
Hindi and Japanese, not German: 2
Hindi, Japanese and German: 10 (these people also speak both Hindi and Japanese)
Total \(=2+10=12\)
