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