In a Manufacturing Process, a Machine Produces Bolts That Have

question 79

Multiple Choice

In a manufacturing process, a machine produces bolts that have an average length of 3 inches with a variance of .03. If we randomly select three bolts from this process, what is the standard deviation of the sampling distribution of the sample mean?

• A) .03
• B) .01
• C) .1732
• D) .0577
• E) .10

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