Videocassette Recorder (VCR) Tapes Are Designed So That Users Can

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Essay

Videocassette recorder (VCR) tapes are designed so that users can repeatedly record new material over old material. However, after a number of re-recordings the tape begins to deteriorate. A VCR tape manufacturer is experimenting with a new technology, which hopefully will produce longer-lasting tapes. Thirty of the old-style tapes and 30 utilising the new technology were used in an experiment. The tapes were used to record and re-record programs until they began to deteriorate. The number of re-recordings is assumed to be normally distributed. It is generally accepted that the number of re-recordings should exceed 55. Any tapes that do not meet this criterion are considered to be unacceptable. The number of re-recordings were observed and shown in the accompanying table. $$\begin{array} { | c | c | c | c | c | c | } \hline { \text { Old-style tapes } } &&& { \text { New-technology tapes } } \\\hline 60 & 61 & 48 & 68 & 70 & 58 \\\hline 51 & 46 & 66 & 74 & 72 & 69 \\\hline 66 & 63 & 61 & 77 & 73 & 49 \\\hline 73 & 55 & 71 & 59 & 66 & 61 \\\hline 71 & 49 & 76 & 52 & 58 & 59 \\\hline 47 & 56 & 55 & 66 & 51 & 49 \\\hline 60 & 62 & 64 & 62 & 59 & 57 \\\hline 52 & 51 & 63 & 51 & 56 & 66 \\\hline 64 & 68 & 52 & 50 & 55 & 76 \\\hline 47 & 55 & 58 & 63 & 68 & 78 \\\hline\end{array}$$ Estimate with 90% confidence the mean number of re-recordings of the new tapes.

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Definitions:

Signal Termination

The process by which a cellular signal is brought to an end, ensuring that a cell's response to a stimulus does not exceed necessary bounds.

Signal Transduction

The process by which a cell responds to external signals by converting them into internal biochemical messages.

Enzyme-linked Receptors

A class of cell surface receptors that initiate a cellular response upon binding a specific ligand, often leading to a series of enzymatic reactions inside the cell.

Ion Channel-linked Receptors

Proteins that span a cell membrane and open to allow ions such as Na+, K+, Ca2+, and Cl- to pass in response to the binding of a chemical messenger.