According to the M&Ms Web site, each package of the milk chocolate candies typically contains 14% brown, 13% red, 14% yellow, 16% green, 24% blue, and 20% orange M&Ms. You go to the store and buy a standard package. When you open it, you find that it contains 51 M&Ms, distributed as follows. Choosing one M&M from your bag is an example of:
A)an event.
B)an outcome.
C)a set of outcomes.
D)None of the answer options is correct.

Question

According to the M&Ms Web site, each package of the milk chocolate candies typically contains 14% brown, 13% red, 14% yellow, 16% green, 24% blue, and 20% orange M&Ms. You go to the store and buy a standard package. When you open it, you find that it contains 51 M&Ms, distributed as follows.  Choosing one M&M from your bag is an example of:
A)an event. 
B)an outcome. 
C)a set of outcomes. 
D)None of the answer options is correct.

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

Choosing one M&M from the bag is a single occurrence that can either happen or not happen, which is the definition of an event in probability.

According to the M&Ms Web Site, Each Package of the Milk