Question

Suppose everyone in the class had a Fun Size bag of M&M's and we

combined all of them for a total of 370 M&M's. Out of the 370 M&M's there
were 72 blue M&M's. Find the proportion of blue M&M's. Round your
answer to 3 decimal places.

Answer 1

The proportion of blue M&M's is 0.195 when the number of blue M&M's (72) is divided by the total number of M&M's (370) and the result is rounded to three decimal places.

Step-by-step explanation:

To find the proportion of blue M&M's among the total, you would divide the number of blue M&M's by the total number of M&M's. Here we have 72 blue M&M's out of 370 total M&M's.

The calculation for the proportion would be:

Proportion of blue M&M's = Number of blue M&M's / Total number of M&M's

= 72 / 370

= 0.1946 when rounded to four decimal places.

However, since you asked for the answer to be rounded to three decimal places, the proportion of blue M&M's would be 0.195.