A Process for Filling Liquid Laundry Detergent Bottles Monitors the Volume

question 2

Multiple Choice

A process for filling liquid laundry detergent bottles monitors the volume in each bottle.The Operations Manager has taken 5 samples with 4 observations (bottles) in each sample to determine if the variation in volume is reasonable.The measurement unit is fluid ounces.Calculate the center line for a process control chart that indicates whether the variation within samples is reasonable (in a state of control) . $$\begin{array} { | c | c | c | c | c | c | } \hline \text { Bottle } & \text { Sarnple 1 } & \text { Sarnple 2 } & \text { Sarnple 3 } & \text { Sarnple 4 } & \text { Sarnple 5 } \\\hline 1 & 11.8 & 12.0 & 11.8 & 11.9 & 10.7 \\\hline 2 & 12.1 & 12.0 & 11.8 & 12.0 & 11.2 \\\hline 3 & 12.0 & 11.9 & 11.9 & 11.8 & 11.9 \\\hline 4 & 12.2 & 11.8 & 11.7 & 11.9 & 11.7 \\\hline\end{array}$$

• A)>1.0
• B)Between 0 and 1.0
• C)Less than 0
• D)There is not enough information to determine the correct response

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