A CPA Knows from Past History That the Average Accounts

question 81

Short Answer

A CPA knows from past history that the average accounts receivable for a company is $521.72 with a standard deviation of $584.64.If the auditor takes a simple random sample of 100 accounts,what is the probability that the mean of the sample is within $120 of the population mean?

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Definitions:

Real Wages

The purchasing power of wages, adjusted for inflation, representing the quantity of goods and services that can be bought.

Consumer Price Index

An index measuring the average change over time in the prices paid by urban consumers for a market basket of consumer goods and services.

Base Year

The year with which other years are compared when an index is constructed: for example, a price index.

Minimum Wage

The lowest legal hourly pay for employees, set by government law.