According to Masterfoods, the company manufactures M&M's , 12% of peanuts are brown, 15% are yellow, 12% are red, 23% are blue, 23% are orange and 15% are green. You randomly select four peanut M&M's from an extra large bag of candies. Compute the probability that exactly two of the four M&M's are green.   Compute the probability two or three of the four M&M's are green.   Compute the probability that at most two of the four M&M's are green.

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According to Masterfoods, the company manufactures M&M's , 12% of peanuts are brown, 15% are yellow, 12% are red, 23% are blue, 23% are orange and 15% are green. You randomly select four peanut M&M's from an extra large bag of candies.

Compute the probability that exactly two of the four M&M's are green.

 

Compute the probability two or three of the four M&M's are green.

 

Compute the probability that at most two of the four M&M's are green.

 

Compute the probability that at least two of the four M&M's are green.

 

If you repeatedly select random samples of four peanut M&M's, on average how many do you expect to be green?(Round to two decimal places)

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