Mars inc. says that until very recently yellow candies made up 20% of it's milk chocolate m&m's, red another 20%, and orange, blue, and green 10% each. the rest are brown. on his way home from work the day he was writing these exercises, one of the authors bought a bag of plain m&m's. he got 29 yellow ones, 23 red, 12 orange, 14 blue, 8 green, and 20 brown. is this sample consistent with the company's stated proportions? test an appropriate hypothesis and state your conclusion.

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Jamiya Miller · Answer 1

No. The company ratio is yellow:red: (orange+blue+green) : brown as 2:2:1:5 while the packet's ratio is 29:23:34:20