Question

The table below gives the distribution of milk chocolate M&M’s. If a candy is drawn at random, what is the probability that it is not orange or red?

Answer 1

To find the probability of the drawn candy to not be red or orange we first need to calculate the probability of it being red or orange. This is done by using the formula below:

`\begin{gathered} P(\text{red or orange) = P(red) + P(orange)} \\ P(\text{red or orange) = 0.13 + 0.2 = 0.33} \end{gathered}`

We now need to find the probability of that not happening. To do that we will subtract that value of 1.

`\begin{gathered} \text{\textasciitilde }P(\text{red or orange) = 1 - P(red or orange)} \\ \text{\textasciitilde }P(\text{red or orange) = 1 - 0.33 = 0.67} \end{gathered}`

The probability of it not being red or orange is 0.67