Someone hands you a box of 14chocolate-covered candies, telling you that 7are vanilla creams, and the rest are peanut butter. You pick candies at random and discover the first 3you eat are all vanilla. Consider a result to be surprised if there is less than a 5% chance of observing it given your expectations. Complete parts a through c below. a) If there really were 7 vanilla and 7 peanut butter candies in the box, what is the probability that you would have picked 3 vanillas in a row?

Someone hands you a box of 14chocolate-covered candies, telling you that 7are vanilla creams, and the rest are peanut butter. You pick candies at random and discover the first 3you eat are all vanilla. Consider a result to be surprised if there is less than a 5% chance of observing it given your expectations. Complete parts a through c below. a) If there really were 7 vanilla and 7 peanut butter candies in the box, what is the probability that you would have picked 3 vanillas in a row?

A First Course in Probability (10th Edition)

10th Edition

ISBN:9780134753119

Author:Sheldon Ross

Publisher:Sheldon Ross

Chapter1: Combinatorial Analysis

Section: Chapter Questions

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