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According to Mars, Inc., a package of Milk Chocolate M\&Ms should contain 24\% Blue M\&M's. I recently purchased a bag of M\&Ms and counted them. The results are below: Blue: 84 Orange: 95 Green: 75 Yellow: 66 Red: 18 Brown: 15 Test the companies claim at the .05 level of significance that there are 24\% blue M\&M's in a bag of M\&Ms.

Name: according to mars inc a package of milk chocolate mms should contain 24 blue mms i recently purchased a bag of mms and counted them the results are below blue 84 orange 95 green 75 yellow 66 54913
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Description: according to mars inc a package of milk chocolate mms should contain 24 blue mms i recently purchased a bag of mms and counted them the results are below blue 84 orange 95 green 75 yellow 66 54913

          According to Mars, Inc., a package of Milk Chocolate M\&Ms should contain 24\% Blue M\&M's. I recently purchased a bag of M\&Ms and counted them. The results are below:
Blue: 84
Orange: 95
Green: 75
Yellow: 66
Red: 18
Brown: 15
Test the companies claim at the .05 level of significance that there are 24\% blue M\&M's in a bag of M\&Ms.

according to mars inc a package of milk chocolate mms should contain 24 blue mms i recently purchased a bag of mms and counted them the results are below blue 84 orange 95 green 75 yellow 66 54913

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Elementary Statistics a Step by Step Approach

Allan G. Bluman 9th Edition

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12/13/2023

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The null hypothesis is $H_0: p = 0.24$. The alternative hypothesis is $H_1: p \ne 0.24$. The significance level is $\alpha = 0.05$. Show more…

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According to Mars, Inc., a package of Milk Chocolate M\&Ms should contain 24\% Blue M\&M's. I recently purchased a bag of M\&Ms and counted them. The results are below: Blue: 84 Orange: 95 Green: 75 Yellow: 66 Red: 18 Brown: 15 Test the companies claim at the .05 level of significance that there are 24\% blue M\&M's in a bag of M\&Ms.