A Company That Fills Soft Drinks into Bottles Has Established

question 39

Multiple Choice

A company that fills soft drinks into bottles has established an -chart and an R-chart to monitor the average fill level in the bottles. To do this, the company has taken a series of samples of size n = 4 bottles. The overall average fill is 12.03 ounces. The average range for the subgroups has been .06 ounces. Suppose, after developing the control chart, a subgroup of size 4 yields a sample mean of 12.09 ounces and a range of .08, which of the following statements is true?

• A) The process is in control on both the -chart and the R-chart.
• B) The process is out of control on the R-chart but in control on the -chart.
• C) The process is out of control on the -chart but in control on the R-chart.
• D) The process is out of control on both the -chart and the R-chart.

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