1. Did you ever purchase a bag of M&M candies and wonder about the distribution of colors? You can go to the website www.baking.m-ms.com and click on About M&Ms, then click on History, Products, and Peanut and find the percentage breakdown according to the manufacturer, as well as a brief history of the product. Did you know in the beginning they were all brown? For M&M peanuts 20 percent are blue, 20 percent brown, 20 percent yellow, 20 percent red, 10 percent green, and 10 percent orange. A 6 oz. bag purchased at the Book Store at Coastal Carolina University on November 26, 2001 had 13 blue, 17 brown, 20 yellow, 7 red, 9 orange, and 6 green. Is it reasonable to conclude that actual distribution agrees with the expected distribution? Use the .05 significance level. Conduct your own trial. Be sure to share with your instructor.

2. As described in earlier chapters, many real estate companies and rental agencies now publish their listings on the World Wide Web. One example is the Dunes Realty Company, located in Garden City and Surfside Beaches in South Carolina. Go to the website www.dunes.com , select Cottage Search, then indicate 5 bedroom, accommodations for 14 people, oceanfront, and no pool or floating dock; select a period in July and August; indicate that you are willing to spend $5,000 per week; and then click on Search the Cottages. The output should include details on the cottages that met your criteria. Organize the rental rates into a frequency distribution. Is it reasonable to conclude that the distribution is normal with a population mean of $3,000 and standard deviation of $900?