A soccer ball manufacturer wants to estimate the mean circumference of soccer balls within 0.14 inch. (a) Determine the minimum sample size required to construct a 99% confidence interval for the population mean. Assume the population standard deviation is 0.6 inch. (b) The sample mean is 27.4 inches. With a sample size of 131, a 99% level of confidence, and a population standard deviation of 0.6 inch, does it seem possible that the population mean could be less than 27.5 inches?

A soccer ball manufacturer wants to estimate the mean circumference of soccer balls within 0.14 inch. (a) Determine the minimum sample size required to construct a 99% confidence interval for the population mean. Assume the population standard deviation is 0.6 inch. (b) The sample mean is 27.4 inches. With a sample size of 131, a 99% level of confidence, and a population standard deviation of 0.6 inch, does it seem possible that the population mean could be less than 27.5 inches?

A First Course in Probability (10th Edition)

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ISBN:9780134753119

Author:Sheldon Ross

Publisher:Sheldon Ross

Chapter1: Combinatorial Analysis

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