Kathleen had a bag of candy-coated chocolates. of the 55 candies in the bag, 20% were red, 30% were orange, 30% were green, and 20% were blue. of the blue ones, 20% had a damaged candy coating. approximately how many of the blue ones had a damaged candy coating?
a.
2
b.
11
c.
22
d.
6

For this case, we find the amount of each colored candy in the bag, having a total of 55.

55 -------------> 100%

R ---------------> 20%

Where "R" represents the amount of red candies.

O = 16.5, approximately 16 orange candies.

G = 16.5, approximately 16 green candies.

Now, having a total of 11 blue candies, we must find 20% to know how many have the damaged candy coating.

11 ---------------> 100%

x -----------------> 20%

Where "x" represents the quantity of blue candies with the damaged candy coating

So, of 2 blue candies have the damaged candy coating

two