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23 June, 09:46

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 your answers to three decimal places, for example: 0.123]

(a) Compute the probability that a randomly selected peanut M&M is not yellow.

(b) Compute the probability that a randomly selected peanut M&M is orange or yellow.

(c) Compute the probability that three randomly selected peanut M&M's are all red.

(d) If you randomly select two peanut M&M's, compute that probability that neither of them are red.

(e) If you randomly select two peanut M&M's, compute that probability that at least one of them is red.

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  1. 23 June, 11:49
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    (a) 0.85

    (b) 0.38

    (c) 0.002

    (d) 0.986

    (e) 0.12

    Step-by-step explanation:

    Brown = 12%,

    Yellow = 15%

    Red = 12%

    Blue = 23%

    Orange = 23%

    Green = 15%

    (a) Probability that a randomly selected peanut M&M is not yellow.

    P (Yellow) = 15/100 = 0.15

    Therefore: P (Not Yellow)

    =1-0.15 = 0.85

    (b) Probability that a randomly selected peanut M&M is orange or yellow.

    P (Orange OR Yellow)

    = P (Orange) + P (Yellow)

    =23/100 + 15/100

    =38/100 = 0.38

    (c) Probability that three randomly selected peanut M&M's are all red.

    P (Red and Red and Red) = 12/100 X 12/100 X 12/100 = 0.001728 = 0.002

    (d) Probability that neither of them are red.

    P (neither of them are red) = 1 - P (both are red) = 1 - (12/100 X 12/100)

    = 1-0.0144 = 0.9856 = 0.986

    (e) Probability that at least one of them is red.

    P (RB or RY or RR or Rb or RO or RG)

    = (0.12 X 0.12) + (0.12 X 0.15) + (0.12 X 0.12) + (0.12 X 0.23) + (0.12 X 0.23) + (0.12 X 0.15)

    = 0.12
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