A distribution with unknown mean u has variance equal to 1.5. Use central limit theorem to find how large a sample should be taken from the distribution in order that the probability will be at least 0.95 that the sample mean will be within 0.5 of the population mean.

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Section10.4: Distributions Of Data
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A distribution with unknown mean u has variance equal to 1.5. Use central limit
theorem to find how large a sample should be taken from the distribution in
order that the probability will be at least 0.95 that the sample mean will be
within 0.5 of the population mean.
Transcribed Image Text:A distribution with unknown mean u has variance equal to 1.5. Use central limit theorem to find how large a sample should be taken from the distribution in order that the probability will be at least 0.95 that the sample mean will be within 0.5 of the population mean.
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