M&M plain candies come in various colors. According to the M&M website the distribution of colors for plain M&M candies is: Color Purple Yellow Red Orange Green Blue Brown Percentage 20% 20% 20% 10% 10% 10% 10%               Suppose you have a large bag of plain M&M candies and you choose one candy at random.             Find: P(green candy or blue candy). Are these outcomes mutually exclusive? P(yellow candy or red candy). P(not purple candy)

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  1. M&M plain candies come in various colors. According to the M&M website the distribution of colors for plain M&M candies is:

Color

Purple

Yellow

Red

Orange

Green

Blue

Brown

Percentage

20%

20%

20%

10%

10%

10%

10%

 

            Suppose you have a large bag of plain M&M candies and you choose one candy at random.

            Find:

  1. P(green candy or blue candy). Are these outcomes mutually exclusive?
  2. P(yellow candy or red candy).
  3. P(not purple candy)
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