Consider another brand C of car tyres. From a random sample of 36 car tyres, it has been found that 26 of these car tyres last longer than 40,000 km. Find a 95% confidence interval corresponding to the sample proportion of brand C car tyres which last longer than 40,000 km. Give values correct to three decimal places. С.

Consider another brand C of car tyres. From a random sample of 36 car tyres, it has been found that 26 of these car tyres last longer than 40,000 km. Find a 95% confidence interval corresponding to the sample proportion of brand C car tyres which last longer than 40,000 km. Give values correct to three decimal places. С.

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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