Question

there are 100 marbles in a bag. 21 are green, 26 are blue, 17 are red, 19 are yellow, and 17 are orange. true or false: 17% of the marbles are orange and red.
o true
o false

Explanation:

Step1: Calculate the total number of orange and red marbles

The number of orange marbles is 17 and the number of red marbles is 17. So the total number of orange and red marbles is \(17 + 17=34\).

Step2: Calculate the percentage of orange and red marbles

The total number of marbles is 100. The percentage of orange and red marbles is \(\frac{34}{100}\times100\% = 34\%
eq17\%\).

Answer:

False