Basic Business Statistics, Student Value Edition (13th Edition)
13th Edition
ISBN: 9780321946393
Author: Mark L. Berenson, David M. Levine, Kathryn A. Szabat
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 8, Problem 63PS
The manufacturer of Ice Melt claims that its products will melt snow and ice at temperatures as low as
a. How many bags does the representative need to test? What assumption should be made concerning the population proportion? (This is called destructive testing: i. e., the product being tested is destroyed by the test and is then unavailable to be sold.)
b. Suppose that the representative tests 50 bags, 42 of then do the job as claimed. Construct a 95% confidence
c. How can the representative use the results of (b) to determine whether to sell the Ice Melt Product?
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