Question

According to Masterfoods, the company that manufactures M&M’s, 12% of peanut M&M’s are brown, 15% are yellow, 12% are red, 23% are blue, 23% are orange and 15% are green. Compute the probability that two randomly selected peanut M&M’s are both green.

Answer 1

2.25%

Explanation:

P(green) = 0.15

P(2 greens) = 0.15² = 0.0225