Question

Jadyn prepares a bag of candy before a road trip. The bag contains individual pieces of Skittles, M&Ms, Life Savers and Sour Patch Kids. Of the candy, 1/2 are Skittles, 1/4 of the remaining pieces are M&Ms and 3/4 of the rest are Life Savers. The remaining pieces are Sour Patch Kids. What percent of the total pieces of candy are Sour Patch Kids?

Answer 1

Given condition is- The bag contains individual pieces of Skittles, M&Ms, Life Savers and Sour Patch Kids.

Let the total number of candies in the bag be = x

Then, Skittles are
`(1x)/(2)`

Candies left =
`x-(x)/(2)` =
`(x)/(2)`

M&Ms are =
`(1x)/(8)`

Now remaining candies are=
`(3x)/(8)`

Now Life savers are =
`(9x)/(32)`

Now adding all these 3 candies

`(x)/(2)+ (x)/(8)+(9x)/(32)`

=
`(29x)/(32)`

Now the remaining candies sour patch will be =

`x-(29x)/(32) =(3x)/(32)`

Hence, sour patch kids are
`(3)/(32)`