Sugar Is Packaged in 16-Ounce Bags

question 11

Essay

Sugar is packaged in 16-ounce bags. To test the weight of the bags, a few were checked. The mean weight was 15.95 ounces and the standard deviation was 0.5 ounces. How many bags must the processor sample to be 99% confident that the sample mean does not differ from the population mean by more than 0.2 ounces?

---

Definitions:

Hypermarket

A form of scrambled merchandising, which consists of a large store (more than 200,000 square feet) that offers everything in a single outlet, eliminating the need for consumers to shop at more than one location.

General Merchandise Stores

Retail establishments offering a wide range of consumer goods, including clothing, household items, and groceries.

Limited-Line Stores

Retail outlets that specialize in a limited range of products, offering depth in specific categories rather than a broad assortment across many categories.

Scrambled Merchandise Stores

Retail outlets that offer a wide range of unrelated products under one roof.