A container of soda is supposed to contain 1000 milliliters…
A container of soda is supposed to contain 1000 milliliters of soda. A quality control manager wants to be sure that the standard deviation of the soda containers is less than 20 milliliters. He randomly selected 10 cans of soda and found the mean was 997 milliliters and the standard deviation of 18 milliliters. Does this suggest that the variation in the soda containers is at an acceptable level (less than 20 milliliters)? Assume that the amount of soda contain is normally distributed. Use
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A software engineer wishes to estimate, to within 5 seconds, the mean time that a new application takes to start up, with 95% confidence. Estimate the minimum size sample required if the standard deviation of start up times for similar software is 9 seconds.
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Assume that the weight loss for the first month of a diet program varies between 5 pounds and 50 pounds, and is spread evenly over the range of possibilities, so that there is a uniform distribution. What is the probability of the weight loss more than 35 pounds?
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A survey of 1000 college seniors working towards an undergraduate degree was conducted. Each student was asked, “Are you planning or not planning to pursue a graduate degree?” Of the 1000 surveyed, 652 stated that they were planning to pursue a graduate degree. a) Construct and interpret a 96% confidence interval for the proportion of college seniors who are planning to pursue a graduate degree. b) Find the minimum sample size would be needed for a 90% confidence interval with the margin of error of 0.025
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A doctor of a local hospital is interested in estimating the birth weight of infants. How large a sample must she select if she desired to be 98% confident that her estimate is within 2 ounces of the true mean? Assume that the standard deviation is 7 ounces based on earlier studies.
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