Understanding Basic Statistics 6th Edition by Charles Henry Brase,Corrinne Pellillo Brase

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General: Candy Colors M M plain candies come in various colors. According to the M M/Mars Department of Consumer Affairs (link to the Mars company web site from the Brase/Brase statistics site at www.cengagebrain.com, the distribution of colors for plain M M candies is

Suppose you have a large bag plain M M candies and you choose one candy at random. Find
(a) P ( green candy or blue candy). Are these outcomes mutually exclusive why
(b) P ( yellow candy or red candy). Are these outcomes mutually exclusive why
(c) P (not purple candy)