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8388d535108828583a1216ed9f1 /Downloads/Counting%20MMs%20Activity.pdf Counting M&Ms Open a bag (any size) of M&M candies. Make a list of all of the colors represented (dark brown, light brown, yellow, etc.). Next to each color listed, write the number of candies in the bag that are that color (example: yellow, 4; light brown, 7). Be sure to save this list for later. 1. How many M&Ms were there all together? If we put all the candies back into the bag and select one from the bag without looking, what color is it most likely to be? What color is it least likely to be? 2. . 3. Is your answer to question 1 an even number or an odd number? If it is an odd number, select one M&M from the bag and eat it! You should now have an even number of M&Ms. Randomly divide them into two piles of equal size. How many of each color are there in each pile? (Random means that the M&Ms should be divided into two piles without paying attention to the colors.) 4. 5. Without looking at the piles, which pite is likely to have more yellow candies? Explain. 6. Now take tuns matching one M&M from pile 1 with one of the same color from pile2 Remove the two candies of the same color and eat them. There will be some candies in each pile that have no color match in the opposite pile. Look at their colors. Explain why these colors are left. Look back to question 5 above. If the division into two piles was carried out randomly, then 7. neither pile is more likely to have more yellow candies. Explain why If you had reached into the original bag of M&Ms and selected one at random (without looking at the color). 8. Find P(selecting a yellow). 9. Find P(selecting a brown). 10. Find P(selecting a blue). 11. Are the answers to questions 8, 9, and 10 theoretical or estimated probabilities? Explain. の

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