Spreadsheet: Color Distribution of M&Ms

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Price of pkg $ 3.99              
Production cost $ 3.59              
Weight of pkg (oz.) 23.7              
Avg. cost per M&M $ 0.01 (half the package = half the production cost = $1.79)            
                 
  Blue Brown Green Orange Red Yellow TOTAL AVERAGE
Group 1 11 17 2 5 12 1 48 8
Group 2 4 24 4 4 12 8 56 9.33
Group 3 10 18 2 3 7 6 46 7.67
Group 4 5 20 1 7 12 7 52 8.67
Group 5 7 16 3 5 10 4 45 7.5
  --------------- --------------- --------------- --------------- --------------- --------------- --------------- ---------------
TOTAL 37 95 12 24 53 26 247  
AVERAGE 7.40 19.00 2.40 4.80 10.60 5.20 49.40 8.23
                 
COST for 1 of ea. Color $ 0.008 $ 0.003 $ 0.025 $ 0.013 $ 0.006 $ 0.012    
  (6 colors, equal amount ($1.79/6 = $.30 spent on each color)              

Last Updated on December 12, 2001
By Maggi Rohde
Email: maggi@intranet.org