Question

Of 58 ​cities, 3 have a lake and 23 have a river running through them. What fraction of these 58 cities have a lake or a river running through​ them?

Answer 1

Out of 58 cities, 26 have either a lake or a river, which simplifies to a fraction of 13/29 of the cities having one of these features.

Step-by-step explanation:

To find the fraction of 58 cities that have either a lake or a river running through them, we need to determine how many cities have at least one of these features. It is important to check if any city has both a lake and a river, but since the question does not provide this information, we will assume that there are no cities that have both. The question tells us that 3 cities have a lake and 23 have a river. We simply add these counts together to find the total number of cities with at least one water feature.

The calculation would be:

3 (cities with a lake) + 23 (cities with a river) = 26 (cities with a lake or a river)

To find the fraction of the 58 cities that have a lake or a river, we divide the number of cities with a water feature by the total number of cities:

26 (cities with a lake or a river) / 58 (total cities) = 13/29 (simplified fraction).

Answer 2

The correct answer is
`(26)/(58)`

Step-by-step explanation:

Total number of cities = 58

We need to find the fraction of these 58 cities that have either a lake or a river running through them.

Total number of states through which a lake or a river flows = 23 + 3 = 26.

Fraction of cities through which a lake or a river flows =
`(Sates with lake/ river)/(total states)` =
`(26)/(58)`

Thus
`(26)/(58)` of the total 58 cities habe either a lake or a river through them.