A Student Counted the Number of Candies of Each Color

question 23

Multiple Choice

A student counted the number of candies of each color in a bag of 57 Reese's Pieces.The results are shown in the following bar graph. How many of the candies were colored orange?

• A) 12
• B) 51
• C) 29
• D) More information is needed to answer the question.

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