SOLUTION: If you have 20 m&m's and 5 are blue, 5 are orange, 3 are red, 3 are yellow, 3 are green, and 1 is brown. What is the percent of red?

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Question 898570: If you have 20 m&m's and 5 are blue, 5 are orange, 3 are red, 3 are yellow, 3 are green, and 1 is brown. What is the percent of red?
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) About Me  (Show Source):
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(# of red)/(# total) = 3/20 = 15/100 = 15%

So 15% of the candies are red.