Fast Motels, a motel company wants to estimate the average age in years of motel guests with a margin for error of 3.5 years at 95% confidence. Johnny assumes to standard deviation in age of guests is 7.5 years. What sample size should the motel company take?

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Fast Motels, a motel company wants to estimate the average age in years of motel guests with a margin for error of 3.5 years at 95% confidence. Johnny assumes to standard deviation in age of guests is 7.5 years. What sample size should the motel company take?

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The random variable age follows normal distribution.

The margin of error is 3.5.

The level of confidence is 95%.

The population standard deviation is 7.5.

We have to find the sample size.

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