Four members of a social first eleven cricket team are also members of the first fourteen rugby team. How many boys play for at least one of the two teams?

Four members of a social first eleven cricket team are also members of the first fourteen rugby team. How many boys play for at least one of the two teams?

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If there are 11 members in the cricket team and 4 of them also play rugby, that means there are 7 cricket players who do not play rugby. Similarly, there are 14 members in the rugby team and only 4 of them play cricket, which means there are 10 rugby players who do not play cricket. To find the total number of boys who play at least one of the two sports, we need to add the number of cricket players who don't play rugby to the number of rugby players who don't play cricket, and then subtract the overlap (i.e., the 4 boys who play both sports) since we don't want to count them twice. So, total number of boys who play at least one of the two sports = (number of cricket players who don't play rugby) + (number of rugby players who don't play cricket) - (number of boys who play both sports) = (7) + (10) - (4) = 13 Therefore, there are 13 boys who play at least one of the two sports. Hence, the correct answer is option (B) 21 is incorrect.