The blue M&M was introduced in 1995. Before then, the color mix in a bag of plain M&Ms was(30% Brown, 20% Yellow, 20% Red, 10% Green, 10% Orange, 10% Tan). Afterward it was (24%Blue, 20% Green, 16% Orange, 14% Yellow, 13% Red, 13% Brown). A friend of mine has twobags of M&Ms, and he tells me that one is from 1994 and one from 1996. He won't tell me whichis which, but he gives me one M&M from each bag. One is yellow and one is green. What is theprobability that the yellow M&M came from the 1994 bag?

We have to obtain the required probability as per the given conditions.

Answered: The blue M&M was introduced in 1995.…

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