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Transcribed Image Text:According to Masterfoods, the company that manufactures
M&M's, 12% of peanut M&M's are brown, 15% are yellow,
12% are red, 23% are blue, 23% are orange and 15% are
green. You randomly select six peanut M&M's from an
extra-large bag of the candies.
What is the probability that exactly two of the six M&M's
are orange?
What is the probability that two or three of the six M&M's
are orange?
What is the probability that at most two of the six M&M's
are orange?
What is the probability that at least two of the six M&M's
are orange?
If you repeatedly select random samples of six peanut
M&M's, on average how many do you expect to be orange?
orange M&M's
With what standard deviation?
orange M&M's
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(5) Given,
Probability of M&M's are orange = 23%
That is, probability of success, p = 23% = 0.23
Sample size, n = 6
Let X = Number of M&M's are orange.
Using formula (Binomial distribution)
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