Determine the mean of the weight (in ounces) of the contents of the small gift box.

Question

A candy manufacturer is marketing a small gift box containing one nut cluster bar and one piece of fudge. The manufacturing process for each candy is designed so that the mean weight of the nut cluster bar is 4 ounces with a standard deviation of 0.2 ounces, and the mean weight of the piece of fudge is 6 ounces with a standard deviation of 0.5 ounces.  

Answer 1

The Mean of the sum of two random variables is equal to the sum of the means.

Mean of the nut cluster + mean of the fudge = 4 + 6 = 10