The proportion of brown M&M's in a milk chocolate packet is approximately 14% (Madison, 2013). Suppose a package of M&M's typically contains 52 M&M's. a.) State the random variable. x=number of brown M&M's in a milk chocolate packet b.) Argue that this is a binomial experiment A binomial experiment has the following characteristics: 1. Fixed number of trials 2. The n trials are independent 3. There are only two outcomes 4. The probability of a success does not change from trial to trial This is a binomial experiment because the number of trials is fixed and the trials are independent of each other. Additionally, there are only two outcomes - brown M&M's or not