b) A factory makes large quantities of coloured sweets and it is known that on average 20% of the sweets are coloured green. A packet contains 20 sweets. Assuming that the packet forms a random sample of the sweets made by the factory, calculate the probability that exactly seven of the sweets are green. If you knew that, in fact, the sweets could have been green, red, orange or brown, would it have invalidated your calculation?

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Section11.8: Probabilities Of Disjoint And Overlapping Events
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(b) A factory makes large quantities of coloured sweets and it is known that on average 20% of the sweets are coloured green. A packet contains 20 sweets. Assuming that the packet forms a random sample of the sweets made by the factory, calculate the probability that exactly seven of the sweets are green. If you knew that, in fact, the sweets could have been green, red, orange or brown, would it have invalidated your calculation?

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