Find the minimum sample size required to estimate the mean pulse rate of adult females in order to be 92% confident that the sample mean is within 4 beats per minute (bpm) of the true population mean, assuming that the standard deviation of the population is known to be

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1. Find the minimum sample size required to estimate the mean pulse rate of adult females in order to be 92% confident that the sample mean is within 4 beats per minute (bpm) of the true population mean, assuming that the standard deviation of the population is known to be 8.5 bpm.

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Given that

Margin of Error =4 

Population standard deviation =8.5 ppm 

 

92% Confident that we have to find the minimum sample size required to estimate the mean pulse rate of adult females in order to be: 

 

 

 

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