Question

MM 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)

Answer 1

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Explanation:

Answer 2

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%