How to do this simple set operation?

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Suppose A and B are events with P(A) 0.4 , P(B) 0.6 and P(A and B) 0.25 . Calculate the probability P(A complement union B).

A 0.25

B 0.65

C 0.75

D 0.85

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P(A union B)=P(A)+p(B)-P(A and B) i.e=0.4+0.6-0.25=0.75. I am stuck after this. i know this is simple but I am unable to find the right approach. enter image description here

Below is the diagram that I created after solving up to here.

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Your graph is fine. Now you can mark the area of $\overline A$. I did this with red lines. It is just the whole rectangle without $A$.

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After that you mark the area of $B$

I did this with blue lines.

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Now the union of this two areas are the whole rectangle without the unmarked area. Because of the values you already have inserted it can be easily seen (calculated) what $P(\overline A \cup B)$ is.