Mathematics department
                                John Handley High School
                                P.O. Box 910
                                Winchester, VA 22604
                                December 18, 1995

Consumer Affairs
M&M Mars Company
High Street
Hackettstown, NJ 07840

Dear Sir or Madam:

My Math Topics 2 class conducted an experiment with bags of
M&M's containing the new blue color to determine the percent of
each color used. Although we had read about the consumer polls
which were conducted to select the new color, we did not realize
that the old tan color of M&M's would be eliminated.

Our results showed the following distribution
Brown 26%
Green 4%
Orange 14%
Red 22%
Yellow 20%
Blue 14%

Would you please send us the actual formula which your
company uses?  Thank you.

                                Sincerely,

      
                                David H. Pleacher