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)

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%

Exact form:
y= — 1/3

Decimal form:
y= — 0.3