An appliance manufacturer wants to contract with a repair shop to handle authorized repairs in Indianapolis. The company has set an acceptable range of repair time of 50 minutes to 90 minutes. Two firms have submitted bids for the work. In test trials, one firm had a mean repair time of 74 minutes with a standard deviation of 4.0 minutes and the other firm had a mean repair time of 72 minutes with a standard deviation of 5.1 minutes. (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answers to 2 decimal places.) Firm 1 2 Gok Which firm would you choose? O Firm 1 O Firm 2 O None

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An appliance manufacturer wants to contract with a repair shop to handle authorized repairs in Indianapolis. The company has set an
acceptable range of repair time of 50 minutes to 90 minutes. Two firms have submitted bids for the work. In test trials, one firm had a
mean repair time of 74 minutes with a standard deviation of 4.0 minutes and the other firm had a mean repair time of 72 minutes with a
standard deviation of 5.1 minutes. (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answers to 2 decimal places.)
Firm
1
2
Cpk
Which firm would you choose?
O Firm 1
O Firm 2
O None
Transcribed Image Text:An appliance manufacturer wants to contract with a repair shop to handle authorized repairs in Indianapolis. The company has set an acceptable range of repair time of 50 minutes to 90 minutes. Two firms have submitted bids for the work. In test trials, one firm had a mean repair time of 74 minutes with a standard deviation of 4.0 minutes and the other firm had a mean repair time of 72 minutes with a standard deviation of 5.1 minutes. (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answers to 2 decimal places.) Firm 1 2 Cpk Which firm would you choose? O Firm 1 O Firm 2 O None
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