There are 5 snickers, 10 baby ruths, 13 milky ways, 12 twixs and17 almond joys in a bowl of candy. you reach into the bowl and randomly select 5 candy bars. use this information to answer the next two questions. what is the probability you select exactly 2 milky way bars?

0.2415

Step-by-step explanation:

Given : There are 5 Snickers, 10 Baby Ruths, 13 Milky Ways, 12 Twixs and17 Almond Joys in a bowl of candy.

Total candy bars :

Probability of getting a Milky Way bar=

Using Binomial distribution , the probability of getting success in x trials is given by:-

, where p uis probability of success in each trial and n is sample size.

If you randomly select n= 5 candy bars, then the probability you select exactly 2 Milky Way bars Will be :_

Hence, the probability you select exactly 2 Milky Way bars = 0.2415