Question

M plain candies come in various colors. According to the MM/Mars Department of Consumer Affairs, the distribution of colors for plain MM candies is: Colors-Purple,Yellow,Red,Orange,Green,Blue,Brown Percentage-20%,20%,20%,10%,10%,10%,10%. Suppose you have a large bag of plain MM candies and you take one candy at random. Find the P(purple candy or orange candy) a. 10% b. 20% c. 30% d. 40%

Answer 1

Given that the distribution of colors for plain MM andies is as follows:

Colors      -      Purple   Yellow   Red   Orange   Green   Blue   Brown
Percentage -     20%      20%    20%     10%       10%    10%    10%

Suppose one candy is taken at random from a large bag of plain MM candies, the probability that the candy is purple of orange is given by:

P(purple candy or orange candy) = P(purple candy) + P(orange candy) = 20% + 10% = 30%