Kathleen had a bag of candy-coated chocolates. Of the 60 candies in the bag, 20% were red, 30% were orange, 30% were green, and 20% were blue. Of the blue ones, 10% had a damaged candy coating. Approximately how many of the blue ones had a damaged candy coating?

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Kathleen had a bag of candy-coated chocolates. Of the 60 candies in the bag, 20% were red, 30% were orange, 30% were green, and 20% were blue. Of the blue ones, 10% had a damaged candy coating. Approximately how many of the blue ones had a damaged candy coating?

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Peyton Gilmore · Answer 1

1.2 of the blue candies were damaged. Out of the 60 candies, 18 were orange (0.3 x 60) and 18 were green (0.3 x 60). 12 of the candies were red (0.2 x 60) and 12 were blue (0.2 x 60). 1.2 of these 12 blue candies were damaged (0.1 x 12).