A vendor claim that the average weight of a shipment of n parts is 1.84. The customer randomly chooses 64 parts and finds that the sample has an average weight of 1.88. Suppose that the standard deviation of the population is known to be 0.03. Should the customer reject the lot? Assume 90%, 95%, 99% confidence intervals and comment on your answers.

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A vendor claim that the average weight of a shipment of n parts is 1.84. The customer randomly chooses 64 parts and finds that the sample has an average weight of 1.88. Suppose that the standard deviation of the population is known to be 0.03. Should the customer reject the lot? Assume 90%, 95%, 99% confidence intervals and comment on your answers.

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