SOLUTION: Of 150 people, 60 are men and 90 are women, 30 of the men and 60 of the women read news paper daily. A person is selected at random from the lot. What is the chance that selected

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Question 1156205: Of 150 people, 60 are men and 90 are women, 30 of the men and 60 of the women
read news paper daily. A person is selected at random from the lot. What is the chance that selected would be a man or read newspaper?
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Of 150 people, 60 are men and 90 are women, 30 of the men and 60 of the women read news paper daily.
A person is selected at random from the lot. What is the chance that selected highlight%28person%29 would be a man or read newspaper?
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The set of those who are "a man or read newspaper"  consists of all 60 men and 60 women, totaling 60+60 = 120.


Therefore, the probability the problem asks for is  120%2F%2860%2B90%29 = 120%2F150 = 4%2F5 = 0.8 = 80%.    ANSWER