A town has two shopping malls. A survey conducted on the shopping preferences of the town's residents showed that 62% of the residents visit Comet Mall, 73% of the residents visit Star Mall, and 48% of the residents visit both malls. The probability that a resident chosen at random shops at either Comet Mall or at Star Mall is
%.?
PLZ help what is the percent??

Given:

62% of the residents visit Comet Mall.

73% of the residents visit Star Mall.

48% of the residents visit both malls.

To find:

The probability that a resident chosen at random shops at either Comet Mall or at Star Mall.

Solution:

Let A be the event that the residents visit Comet Mall and B be the event that residents visit Star Mall. Then, we have

We need to find the probability that a resident chosen at random shops at either Comet Mall or at Star Mall. It means, we have to find the value of .

We know that,

On substituting the given values, we get

Therefore, the probability that a resident chosen at random shops at either Comet Mall or at Star Mall is 87%.

20: 5

explanation:

about 20% of the world's population lives in   southwest asia, but on less than 5% of the world's   land area.