5. Nuts. A company says its premium mixture of

Chapter 26, Problem 5

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5. Nuts. A company says its premium mixture of nutscontains 10% Brazil nuts, 20% cashews, 20% almonds,and 10% hazelnuts, and the rest are peanuts. You buy alarge can and separate the various kinds of nuts. Uponweighing them, you find there are 112 grams of Brazilnuts, 183 grams of cashews, 207 grams of almonds,71 grams of hazelnuts, and 446 grams of peanuts. Youwonder whether your mix is significantly different fromwhat the company advertises.a) Explain why the chi-square goodness-of-fit test is notan appropriate way to find out.b) What might you do instead of weighing the nuts in orderto use a test?

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