TABLE 8-2 A Quality Control Engineer Is Interested in the Mean Length

question 45

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TABLE 8-2
A quality control engineer is interested in the mean length of sheet insulation being cut automatically by machine. The desired mean length of the insulation is 12 feet. It is known that the standard deviation in the cutting length is 0.15 feet. A sample of 70 cut sheets yields a mean length of 12.14 feet. This sample will be used to obtain a 99% confidence interval for the mean length cut by machine.
-Referring to Table 8-2, suppose the engineer had decided to estimate the mean length to within 0.03 with 99% confidence. Then the sample size would be ________.

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Definitions:

Insulin

A hormone produced by the pancreas that regulates the amount of glucose in the blood.

Glucagon

A hormone produced by the pancreas that increases blood glucose levels, acting as a counterbalance to insulin.

Growth Hormone

A peptide hormone that stimulates growth, cell reproduction, and cell regeneration in humans and other animals.

ACTH

Adrenocorticotropic hormone, a pituitary gland-produced peptide that stimulates the production of cortisol by the adrenal glands.