A fun size bag of m&ms contains 5 green, 1 red, 3 yellow, 4 orange, 5 blue, and 1 brown candy. What proportion of the candies are yellow and orange?

Answer 1

3/19 are yellow = .1579 = about 15.79% yellow

4/19 are orange = .2105 = 21.05% orange

0% are "yellow and orange" mutually exclusive colors

15.79+21.05 = 36.84% are "yellow OR orange"

5+1+3 + 4+5+1 = 19 total

divide 3 yellow by 19 total

divide 4 orange by 19 total

7/19 = 36.84% yellow or orange