Question

A company claims that its mixed nuts canisters contain 20% Brazil nuts, 20% cashews, 20% almonds, and 20% hazelnuts, and 20% peanuts. After discovering what seemed like 50% peanuts in a canister, a disgruntled customer counted the nut and sorted them by type. There were 512 nuts in the canister, which the following distribution: 185 peanuts, 75 Brazil nuts, 119 almonds, 60 hazelnuts and 73 cashews. Perform a goodness of fit test of the company’s reported distribution and report your results.

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