Mplain 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) a. 10% b. 20% c. 30% d. 40%

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%