A population has standard deviation ? = 21.3. a. How large a sample must be drawn so that a 99% confidence interval for ? will have a margin of error equal to 2.5? b. If the required confidence level were 95%, would the necessary sample size be larger or smaller?   How can this be solved on a Ti84?

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A population has standard deviation ? = 21.3.
a. How large a sample must be drawn so that a 99%
confidence interval for ? will have a margin of
error equal to 2.5?
b. If the required confidence level were 95%, would
the necessary sample size be larger or smaller?

 

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