The number of skittles that are not purple is 51.
Given that
Jenna found that 15% of the skittles in a bag were purple.
If there were 60 skittles in the bag.
We have to determine
How many were not purple?
According to the question
Let the number of skittles are not purple be x.
Jenna found that 15% of the skittles in a bag were purple.
If there were 60 skittles in the bag.
The number of skittles in purple can be determined by multiplying the number of skittles and the number of purple skittles.
Then,
[tex]\rm x = \dfrac{15}{100} \times 60\\\\x = \dfrac{900}{100}\\\\x = 9[/tex]
Therefore,
The number of skittles are not purple = 60 - 9 = 51
Hence, the number of skittles that are not purple is 51.
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