Question

The color distribution of Skittles is the following: 10% blue, orange, and green each, 23.3333% yellow, red, and purple each. In a bag, there were 137 red Skittles, 39 orange ones, 130 yellow ones, 39 green ones, 43 blue ones and 112 purple ones. Do the Skittles in the bag match the required color distribution?

Answer 1

Answer:

No

Step-by-step explanation:

Given that:

Percentage of blue, orange and green = 10%

Percentage of yellow, red and purple = 23.3333%

Number of skittles in bag by color :

Red = 137

Orange = 39

Yellow = 130

Green = 39

Blue = 43

Purple = 112

According to the color distribution :

Number of blue, orange and green should be the same and also number of yellow, red and purple skittles must be the same.

Total number of skittles :

(137 + 39 + 130 + 39 + 43 + 112) = 500

10% of the total = 0.1 * 500 = 50

Hence,

We should have 50 blue, orange and green skittles

23.33333% of total = 116.666 (about 117 skittles of yellow, red and purple color)