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In a certain town 
families own a cell phone, 
families own a scooter and 
families own neither a cell phone nor a scooter. If 1500 families own both a cell phone and a scooter, then the total number of families in the town is
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Let total number of families 
.
Given:
25% own a cell phone
15% own a scooter
65% own neither
So, %( cell phone 
scooter ) 
Using: 
Given 5% of families = 1500,
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