Sarah Soliz, Director of Quality Programs, Is Designing $\bar { x }$

question 46

Multiple Choice

Sarah Soliz, Director of Quality Programs, is designing $\bar { x }$ and R charts for the rod shearing process at Stockton Steel.She has 26 samples of rod length, and each sample included measurements of 5 rods.The mean of the 26 sample means is 112 inches, and mean of the 26 ranges is 0.15 inch.The lower control limit for her R chart is ____.

• A)0.150
• B)0.000
• C)0.317
• D)2.114
• E)1.000

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