Question

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. (Round all answers to 3 places after the decimal point, if necessary.) (a) Compute the probability that a randomly selected peanut M&M is not brown. P(not brown) = (b) Compute the probability that a randomly selected peanut M&M is blue or red. P(blue or red) = (c) Compute the probability that two randomly selected peanut M&M’s are both yellow. P(both yellow) = (d) If you randomly select three peanut M&M’s, compute that probability that none of them are brown. P(none are brown) = (e) If you randomly select three peanut M&M’s, compute that probability that at least one of them is brown. P(at least one is brown) =

Answer 1

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