The manager of the order distribution center for the Kyle Bags Mfg. has a company directive to downsize her operation. She has decided to conduct work sampling studies of employees in the order precessing department, the warehouse are, and the packaging area. In the warehouse area she has 17 employees who locate items, pull them, and put them on conveyors to the packaging area. A work sampling study was conducted over a 5 day period to determine the proportion of time warehouse employees were idle, and out of the 50 random observations, 400 employees were idle? How many observations should be taken if the manager wants to be 90% confident the estimate is within 5% of the actual proportion of time a warehouse employee is idle?

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The manager of the order distribution center for the Kyle Bags Mfg. has a company directive to downsize her operation. She has decided to conduct work sampling studies of employees in the order precessing department, the warehouse are, and the packaging area. In the warehouse area she has 17 employees who locate items, pull them, and put them on conveyors to the packaging area. A work sampling study was conducted over a 5 day period to determine the proportion of time warehouse employees were idle, and out of the 50 random observations, 400 employees were idle?

How many observations should be taken if the manager wants to be 90% confident the estimate is within 5% of the actual proportion of time a warehouse employee is idle?

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