According to Masterfoods, the company that manufactures M&M’s, 12% are brown, 15% are yellow, 12% are red, 23% are blue, 23% are orange and 15% are green. Round your answers to three decimal places. a) Compute the probability that a randomly selected peanut M&M is not orange.    b) Compute the probability that a randomly selected peanut M&M is blue or red.    c) Compute the probability that three randomly selected peanut M&M’s are all yellow.    d) If you randomly select two peanut M&M’s, compute that probability that neither of them are yellow.    e) If you randomly select two peanut M&M’s, compute that probability that at least one of them is yellow.

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According to Masterfoods, the company that manufactures M&M’s,

12% are brown,
15% are yellow,
12% are red,
23% are blue,
23% are orange and
15% are green. Round your answers to three decimal places.

a) Compute the probability that a randomly selected peanut M&M is not orange.

  

b) Compute the probability that a randomly selected peanut M&M is blue or red.

  

c) Compute the probability that three randomly selected peanut M&M’s are all yellow.

  

d) If you randomly select two peanut M&M’s, compute that probability that neither of them are yellow.

  

e) If you randomly select two peanut M&M’s, compute that probability that at least one of them is yellow.

  

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