-Samples of 100 Checks Each Were Taken at a Bank

question 55

Multiple Choice

$$\begin{array}{l}\text { Table } 7.3\\\begin{array} { | c | l | } \hline \text { Sample Number } & \text { Number Defective } \\\hline 1 & 1 \\2 & 4 \\3 & 2 \\4 & 4 \\5 & 0 \\\hline\end{array}\end{array}$$
-Samples of 100 checks each were taken at a bank from an encoding machine (which records the amount of a check) over a five- day period. Details are summarized in the Table 7.3. If the bank were to use the average proportion defective from these five samples as the central line for a process control chart, what would be the central line?

• A) less than or equal to 0.01
• B) greater than 0.01 but less than or equal to 0.02
• C) greater than 0.02 but less than or equal to 0.03
• D) greater than 0.03

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