M&M plain candies come in various colors. According to the M&M/Mars Department of Consumer Affairs, the distribution of colors for plain M&M candies is as follows. Color Purple Yellow Red Orange Green Blue Brown
Percentage 18% 19% 21% 9% 9% 6% 18%
Suppose you have a large bag of plain M&M candies and you choose one candy at random.
(a) Find P(green candy or blue candy).
P(green candy or blue candy) means the probability that you pick a green or a blue one.
For either-or probability, add the individual probabilities.
18% is the answer.
To find the probability of getting a green candy or a blue candy from the bag of M&M candies, you need to add the percentages of green candies and blue candies.
According to the given information, the percentage of green candies is 9% and the percentage of blue candies is also 9%.
To find the probability, you add these percentages together:
P(green candy or blue candy) = P(green candy) + P(blue candy)
= 9% + 9%
= 18%
Therefore, the probability of selecting a green candy or a blue candy from the bag is 18%.