SOLUTION: According to the company that makes M&Ms, each package of Milk Chocolate M&M’s should contain 24% blue 14% brown 16% green 20% orange 12% red 14% yellow In a bag of 500

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Question 1075721: According to the company that makes M&Ms, each package of Milk Chocolate M&M’s should contain
24% blue
14% brown
16% green
20% orange
12% red
14% yellow
In a bag of 500 M&Ms, how many of each
color would you expect to have based on the
theoretical probabilities given above?

Answer by JulietG(1812) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
If you have 500 M&Ms and 24% of them are blue, then 0.24*500 = 120 of them should be blue.
0.14 * 500 = brown
0.16 * 500 = green, etc