SOLUTION: 10 percent of M&M candies are blue. If a sample of 20 M&Ms are randomly selected find:
P(it will be more than 15 blue candies)
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Question 807361: 10 percent of M&M candies are blue. If a sample of 20 M&Ms are randomly selected find:
P(it will be more than 15 blue candies)
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
10 percent of M&M candies are blue. If a sample of 20 M&Ms are randomly selected find:
P(it will be more than 15 blue candies)
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Binomial Problem with n = 20 and P(blue) = 0.1
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P(16<= x <=20) = 1-p(0<= x <=15) = 1 - binomcdf(20,0.1,15) = 0 to 8 decimal places
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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