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What are the expected total number of orange candies and the standard deviation for the total number of orange candies in two independent samples of size 25 each, one from dynamite mints candies, where 10% are orange, and the other from holiday mints candies, where 45% are orange?

Answer

The expected number of orange candies is 13.75 and the standard deviation is 2.905. 1.) To calculate the expected total of orange candies, we multiply the sample size by the respective percentage. For the dynamite mints, it’s 25 x 10% = 2.5, and for the holiday mints, it’s 25 x 45% = 11.25. Adding these gives us a total of 2.5 + 11.25 = 13.75. 2.) For the standard deviation, we determine the standard deviation for each sample using the formula: standard deviation = ,[np(1-p)], where n is the sample size and p is the probability. For dynamite mints, we have ,[25 x 10% (1 – 10%)] = 1.5, and for holiday mints, it’s ,[25 x 45% (1 – 45%)] = 2.4874… To find the overall standard deviation, we combine them as follows: Std = ,(1.5^2 + 2.4874…^2) = ,8.4375… = 2.9046, which rounds to 2.905.

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