In a Recent Year, the U

question 34

Essay

In a recent year, the U.S. Mint in Denver manufactured 270 million quarters. Assume that on each day of production, a sample of 50 quarters is randomly selected and the mean weight is
obtained. Given that the population of quarters has a mean weight of 5.67 g, what do you
know about the mean of the sample means? What do you know about the shape of the
distribution of the sample means?

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