A Grocery Store Manager Is Interested in Estimating the Mean

question 57

True/False

A grocery store manager is interested in estimating the mean weight of apples received in a shipment.If she wishes to have the estimate be within ± .05 pound with 90 percent confidence,the sample size should be 103 apples if she believes that the standard deviation is .08 pounds.

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