A producer of a variety of salty snacks would like to estimate the average weight of a bag of BBQ potato chips produced during the filling process at one of its plants. Determine the sample size needed to construct a 95% confidence interval with a margin of error equal to 0.007 ounces. Assume the standard deviation for the potato chip filling process is 0.03 ounces. The sample size is?

A producer of a variety of salty snacks would like to estimate the average weight of a bag of BBQ potato chips produced during the filling process at one of its plants. Determine the sample size needed to construct a 95% confidence interval with a margin of error equal to 0.007 ounces. Assume the standard deviation for the potato chip filling process is 0.03 ounces. The sample size is?

A First Course in Probability (10th Edition)

10th Edition

ISBN:9780134753119

Author:Sheldon Ross

Publisher:Sheldon Ross

Chapter1: Combinatorial Analysis

Section: Chapter Questions

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