Chapter 6: Q. 6.4 (page 435)
According to Mars, Incorporated, 20.5% of the M&M鈥橲Milk Chocolate Candies made at its Cleveland factory are orange. Assume that the company鈥檚 claim is true. Suppose you take a random sample of 8 candies from a large bag of M&M鈥橲. Let X = the number of orange candies you get.
a. Explain why it is reasonable to use the binomial distribution for probability calculations involving X.
b. What鈥檚 the probability that you get 3 orange M&M鈥橲?
c. Calculate . Interpret this result.
d. Suppose that you get 4 orange M&M鈥橲 in your sample. Does this result provide convincing evidence that Mars鈥檚 claim about its M&M鈥橲 is false? Justify your answer?
Short Answer
a. The binomial distribution for probability =
b. The probability get 3 orange M&M鈥橲 =
c. The resultant statement is false
d. The resultant statement is false


