Elementary Statistics: A Step By Step Approach
10th Edition
ISBN: 9781259755330
Author: Allan G. Bluman
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 6, Problem 6.3.13RE
Confectionary Products Americans ate an average of 25.7 pounds of confectionary products each last year and spent an average of $61.50 per person doing so. If the standard deviation for consumption is 3.75 pounds and the standard deviation for the amount spent is $5.89, find the following:
a. The
b. The probability that for a random sample of 50, the sample mean for confectionary spending exceeded $60.00
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Elementary Statistics: A Step By Step Approach
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