In testing the water supply for various cities in a state for two kinds of impurities commonly found in water, it was found that 20% of the water supplies had neither sort of impurity, 40% had an impurity of type A, and 50% had an impurity of type B. If a city is chosen at random, what is the probability its water supply has exactly one type of impurity?
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