According to Masterfoods, the company that manufactures M&M's, 12% of peanut M&M's are brown, 15% a yellow, 12% are red, 23% are blue, 23% are orange and 15% are green. (Round your answers to 4 decimal places where possible) 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 blue or yellow. c. Compute the probability that two randomly selected peanut M&M's are both orange. d. If you randomly select six peanut M&M's, compute that probability that none of them are blue. e. If you randomly select six peanut M&M's, compute that probability that at least one of them is blue.

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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 4 decimal
places where possible)
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 blue or yellow.
c. Compute the probability that two randomly selected peanut M&M's are both orange.
d. If you randomly select six peanut M&M's, compute that probability that none of them are blue.
e. If you randomly select six peanut M&M's, compute that probability that at least one of them is blue.
Transcribed Image Text: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 4 decimal places where possible) 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 blue or yellow. c. Compute the probability that two randomly selected peanut M&M's are both orange. d. If you randomly select six peanut M&M's, compute that probability that none of them are blue. e. If you randomly select six peanut M&M's, compute that probability that at least one of them is blue.
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