Statistics for Business and Economics (13th Edition)
13th Edition
ISBN: 9780134506593
Author: James T. McClave, P. George Benson, Terry Sincich
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 13.7, Problem 13.60LM
Find the value of Cp for each of the following situations:
- a. USL = 1.0065, LSL = 1.0035, s = .0005
- b. USL = 22, LSL = 21, s = .2
- c. USL = 875, LSL = 870, s = .75
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Statistics for Business and Economics (13th Edition)
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