Mars, Inc Claims That 20% of Its M&M Plain

question 42

Multiple Choice

Mars, Inc. claims that 20% of its M&M plain candies are orange. A sample of 100 such candies is randomly selected. Find the mean and standard deviation for the number of orange candies in such groups of 100 .

• A) \(\mu = 20 , \sigma = 4.0\)
• B) \(\mu = 20 , \sigma = .20\)
• C) \(\mu = .020 , \sigma = .20\)
• D) \(\mu = .20 , \sigma = 4.0\)

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