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%

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Ryder Shaw

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9 January, 15:27

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%

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Logan Hammond · 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%