About 52% of the residents of Capricorn municipality are happy and 48% of theresidents are not happy with the delivery service. A recent study showed that 75% ofhappy residents and 25% of the unhappy residents are in favour of keeping the mayorof the municipality. If resident is randomly selected from the municipality residents isfound to favour the motion. What is the probability that this person is happy with thedelivery service?

Given data Event A:resident is happy with delivery service B:resident is not happy with delivery…

Answered: About 52% of the residents of Capricorn…

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